Apple Cactus, Peruvian Apple (Cereus peruvianus)

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Evert Helsinki, Finland(Zone 4b) Dec 06, 2002

1,5 years old seedlings. 6-12-2002

Common name: Apple Cactus, Peruvian Apple
Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Cereus
Species peruvianus

Plant Link: http://plantsdatabase.com/go/54386/

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Floridian Lutz, FL(Zone 9b) Dec 06, 2002

Oh! I like this...

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Evert Helsinki, Finland(Zone 4b) Dec 06, 2002

I like them too ;) Very hardy little guys.

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Mitjo Lappeenranta, Finland(Zone 3a) Dec 18, 2002

heps Evert! how old is that?

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Mitjo Lappeenranta, Finland(Zone 3a) Dec 18, 2002

oh, sorry, that read on there.....(1,5y)

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Evert Helsinki, Finland(Zone 4b) Dec 18, 2002

Joo katos vaan. :)

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Xenomorf Phoenix, AZ(Zone 9b) Jul 03, 2009

Evert,
Great job on getting some seeds growing!
I am pretty sure what you have there is Cereus hildmannianus ssp. uruguayanus seedlings.
Cereus repandus has very often been mistakenly confused with Cereus hildmannianus and other Cereus's. Mostly because they are all lumped under the same Common name 'Peruvian Apple'. And also because the Cereus repandus epithet was mistakenly misapplied to Cereus hildmannianus in a major publication a few deacades ago.

These seedlings have a very similar look to these seedlings in these two links:
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/192010/
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/205135/

The only minor difference I see is the amount of fuzz and the length of the spines, which can be accounted for by the amount of sunlight and water they are recieving. The more sunlight and less water, the more spines and fuzz.

Would you like this photo moved to the Cereus hildmannianus ssp. uruguayanus page?

Xeno.

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