Selenicereus innesii
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Selenicereus innesii is a species of plant in the genus Selenicereus from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The epithet of the species honors the British gardener and succulent lover Clive Frederick Innes (1909–1999).
description
Selenicereus innesii grows climbing to spread out lithophytically with interwoven, smooth, shiny green and white dotted shoots 1.2 centimeters in diameter. The areoles covered with white wool sit on bumpy elevations on the 6 blunt ribs . From them arise at the base, thorns 1 to 2 millimeters long and thickened . The 1 to 2 central spines are yellowish-brown and sub-like, the 3 to 7 radial spines are whitish, thin and needle-like.
The sometimes unisexual, slightly pinkish-white or cream-colored flowers are 4 to 4.5 centimeters long. Your pericarpel is covered with numerous hairs and thorns. A flower tube is practically missing. The fruits are not described.
Distribution and systematics
Selenicereus innesii is widespread on the island of St. Vincent in the Lesser Antilles . The first description was published in 1982 by Myron William Kimnach (* 1922).
Selenicereus innesii is believed to be a hybrid that developed in culture .
proof
literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 590 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Cactus and Succulent Journal . Vol. 54, No. 1, Los Angeles 1982, pp. 3-7.