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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