Cleistocactus colubrinus var. smaragdiflorus
Bull. Soc. Centr. Agric. Hort. Acclim. Nice 44: 41. 1904 Weber, A., Les Cleistocactus, 13. 1904, ed. by Roland-Goss
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Cleistocactus colubrinus var. smaragdiflorus
Author
(F.A.C.Weber) Rol.-Goss.
Chinese genus
管花柱属
Chinese name
-
Primary
Accepted
DescriptionEdit description
Central Spines
4-6, porrect, several, stouter, 15-35 mm long, yellowish to dark brown.
Note
Latin 'smaragdinus', emeraldgreen; and Latin '-florus', -flowered; for the bright emerald-green tipped flowers.
Flowers
Small, 4 to 5 cm long, straight, tubular, a little constricted above the pericarpels, the tube and ovary red to pink; upper scales on flower-tube and outer perianth-segments with a long mucro. Outer perianth-segments yellow, inner perianth-segments small, bright green to emerald green, acute to mucronate not spreading. Stamens included. Style slightly exserted. Stigma-lobes 5 to 8, green.
Ribs
Low, 12 to 14.
Stem
Cylindrical, slender, arching to creeping, 2 to 2.5(-3) cm in diameter branching basally.
Radial Spines
10-14, acicular, to 10 mm long.
Fruits
Globose, to 1.5 cm in diameter.
Areoles
Pale brown-felted.