Cereus fernambucensis Lem.

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    Cactaceae
    Cereus fernambucensis Lem.

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    NYBG accession number: 43222*A

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    NY Barcode: 04229158

    Occurrence ID: ba143e01-5f5d-400e-b6de-611f342bf669

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The New York Botanical Garden
CACTACEAE
Cereus fernambucens is Lem.
USA. New York: Bronx County. New York City. New York Botanical
Garden. Enid A. Haupt Conservatory. New World Desert Wing, bed 1.
40.86399 -73.8825. Elevation: -1.6m. In a glass house conservatory
setting, hot and dry. In a bed with numerous other species of desert plants
including agave, cacti, desert trees and succulents.
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botanical
About 4.5m tall by 3m wide, arborescent. New growth is glaucous, old
growth dark green. At time of collection, many spent blooms and fruits
developing, and very few buds are present. Flowers white. Night blooming
cactus.
NYBG Accession number: 43222*A. Collection includes pressing,
preserved stem and flower.
04229158
Jessica O’Callahan, #11
08 AUG 2019
04229158