PlantFiles Pictures: Candelabra Cactus (Myrtillocactus cochal), 2 by CactusJordi

CactusJordi wrote:
Sorry you two, I can't show a description for M. cochal mentioning 'dagger-like, broad basally' spines, but they are indeed 'broad basally' though not really 'dagger-like' like the central spine of M. geometrizans can be!
And please take into account that M. geo. is described by having only 5-6 ribs while for M. coch. are mentioned 6-8 ribs!
There are no M. geometrizans growing in Baja and all the Myrtillos in the Baja Garden of former WAP were imported in the late 70s only from Baja.
Finally, please compare picture 41.5 in the Atlas of The New Cactus Lexicon of D. Hunt.

Descriptions are often not enough to identify a plant and sometimes even misleading.