NYCTOCEREUS

Autor: (Berger) Britton & Rose • ETYMOLOGY “Night Cereus” because the genus has nocturnal flowers. • DESCRIPTION A genus of bushy plants forming clumps of soft, erect cylindrical stems, climbing or pendulous, up to 6 m or more long, branching from the base, with tuberous roots. 10-13 ribs rounded, very small areoles, close-set, spines short…