torch cactus

torch cactus

▪ plant
      any of several ribbed, cylindrical cacti, in the family Cactaceae, native to South America. Echinopsis spachianus has erect columnar stems, branching at the base and rising to about 2 metres (6 feet) in height; it is about 7.5 cm (3 inches) thick. It bears fragrant, white, funnel-shaped flowers, up to 20 cm (8 inches) long, which open at night.

      E. pasacana, a stout tree up to 10.5 metres (about 34.5 feet) in height, is sometimes called torch cactus. In a loose sense certain cacti of the genera Pachycereus and Carnegiea, among them the well-known saguaro, are referred to as torch cacti for their characteristically large funnel-shaped flowers.

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