Xerophyte

Seeds

black, obliquely obovate in outline.

Description

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Note

'saxicola' Latin 'saxum', rock; and Latin '-cola', inhabiting; Because it often grows on rocks.

Flowers

Funnel-shaped, hermaphrodite, actinomorphic, nocturnal, greenish white up to 10-13 centimeters long, 6-10 cm wide, outer perianth-segments pinkish or greenish, inner white, acute. Pericarpel small, with small scales naked in their axils; tube 5 to 6 cm long, with more distant scales, these broader than long, with minute brown chartaceous tips. The flowers arise from near the top on the sides of the stems.

Blooming Season

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Ribs

6 to 9 low and rounded.Areoles. Small 5-15 mm apart. Central spines; 1-4 needle-like up to 1.5(-2) cm long, dark brown or black.

Stem

Rather slender, cylindrical, flexible, ribbed, more or less branched at base, upright, arching, decumbent or clambering 1-3 m long, 2-3 cm, pale to dark green or blue green.

Radial Spines

6 to 9 needle-like or bristly, white to yellowish brown with black tips, 2-6(-10) mm long.