Xerophyte

Seeds

Numerous, black.

Description

Harrisia jusbertiiSN|8539]]SN|8195]] is a columnar cactus, without aerial roots or segments, branching later, that forms small scrubs with few branches, mostly erect to sub-erect often requiring a stake or support from the surrounding.

Note

Harrisia jusbertii is considered by some to possibly be a natural intergenic hybrid betweeHarrisia sp., probably Harrisia pomanensisSN|8195]]SN|8539]], and Echinopsis eyriesiiSN|8004]]SN|8004]] rather than a pure species.

Flowers

Large up to18 cm long (or more) white, funnel-shaped, strongly scented, with brownish green outer petals,.

Blooming Season

This species produces abundant blossoms that open nocturnally from spring to autumn. Scales felty and hairy in the axil.

Spines

About 7, very short more or less equal.

Ribs

4 to 6 fairly acute.

Stem

Dark green, up to 6 cm in diameter.

Fruits

Fleshy tannish-green to yellowish-red at maturation with areoles, scales and short spines, pulp white . The fruits are rarely seen in cultivation, since the species is self-sterile, and most plants – even from different sources - might be coming from the same clone.

Areoles

2 cm apart