Xerophyte

Description

The standard Myrtillocactus geometrizansSN|8050]]SN|8050]] (a.k.a "Blue Candle Cactus") is a very popular candelabra-like tree cactus often sold in garden centres widely used for grafting stock. Instead the Japanese cultivar 'Fukurokuryuzinboku' is a strange monstrous form and a very rare and priced collector item. Its vernacular English names "Breast cactus" or "Titty cactus" comes from the particular shape of the tubercled ribs that resemble women breasts. This plant - apart from the breasts - is similar in all other features to the common "Blue Candle" and can grow up to 4.5 m tall, with the crown reaching up to 5 m in width.

Flowers

Rather smaller (2.5-3.7 cm) in relation to stem, greenish white.

Blooming Season

March. Starts blooming when it is about 60 cm tall.

Spines

Each areole may have up to 5-9 spines, but generally they have 3-5 spines about 5-12 mm long. Some spines but not awful.

Stem

Glaucous (blue grey) Up to 3 -10 cm thick. They have 5-8 strange chinned ribs, shaped like a woman's breast that are approximately 2.5 cm in depth with areoles about 3-5 cm apart.Each monstrous ribs is bordered with irregularly pleaded longitudinal groves .

Fruits

Very sweet, edible, dark red, oblong fruits 8-20 mm in diameter.