Perennials, Tropicals > Azureocereus > Azureocereus hertlingianus > Azureocereus hertlingianus
Azureocereus hertlingianus
Blue Cerus
Origin: The Mantaro Valley, Peru.
| Family |
| Cactaceae |
| Genus |
| Azureocereus |
| Species |
| hertlingianus |
| Category |
| Perennials, Tropicals |
| Synonyms |
| Browningia hertlingiana |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 8a - 11b |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| Requires cool season protection under glass. |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H4 - H1c |
| Temperature (°C) |
| 0 - 5 |
| Temperature (°F) |
| 10 - 20 |
| Height |
| 1 - 10 m |
| Spread |
| 30 - 40 cm |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| Landscape |
| Informal rock gardens, mass plantings, potted indoor or patio plant or as a specimen. |
| Cultivation |
| Plant in loose, well-draining, gravelly to compost soil in full sun to partial shade. Water sparsely. |
| Shape |
| Upright, almost columnar and cylindrical in form. |
| Growth |
| Medium |
| Habitat |
| Open and dry central plains. |
| Bark/Stem Description |
| Solitary growth extruded into a cylinder shape. |
| Flower Description |
| 5 cm wide flowers are borne at the apex of the growth and are nocturnal. |
| Colour Description |
| Purplish-pink flowers among solitary sage green to bluish-green succulent columns. |
| Texture Description |
| Smooth, spiny. |
| Notable Specimens |
| The Devonian Botanic Garden, Devon, Alberta, Canada. |
| Propagation |
| Division or callused stem cuttings. |
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