Small Peruvian Apple Cactus + 10 seeds

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Goggle this! Peruvian Apple Cactus bloom & Fruit - YouTube Fantastic time lapse showing the plant flowering with subtitles!

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May 15th, 2014 at 6:06:18 AM PDT by

Wow! I am soooo impressed that you grew them from seed! Congrats!

May 18th, 2014 at 9:04:43 PM PDT by

Thank you.

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May 19th, 2014 at 6:34:36 AM PDT by

F&W Congrats for starting it from seed :)

May 14th, 2014 at 5:34:56 PM PDT by

Fanned you back!

May 14th, 2014 at 7:23:32 PM PDT by

Thank you....
I had never attempted a cactus before and I was pleasantly surprised and blessed with more than I need.

May 14th, 2014 at 7:23:02 PM PDT by

Does this bloom anytime? How tall will it get? Thanks

May 15th, 2014 at 5:58:32 AM PDT by

yes, it blooms and has edible fruit.

he Peruvian Apple Cactus, Cereus repandus, is a large, erect, thorny columnar cactus found in South America as well as the nearby ABC Islands of the Dutch Caribbean. It is also known as Giant Club Cactus, Hedge Cactus.

With an often tree-like appearance, the Peruvian Apple Cactus' cylindrical gray-green to blue stems can reach 10 metres (33 ft) in height and 10–20 cm in diameter. The nocturnal flowers remain open for only one night. The fruits, known locally as "pitaya" or Peruvian Apple, are thornless and vary in skin colour from violet-red to yellow. The edible flesh is white and contains small, edible, crunchy seeds. The flesh sweetens as the fruit opens out fully.

Cereus repandus is an unresearched, under-utilized cactus, grown mostly as an ornamental plant. It has some local culinary importance. The Wayuu from the La Guajira Peninsula of Colombia and Venezuela also use the inner cane-like wood of the plant in wattle and daub construction.
These seeds are fresh and they do not remain viable for very long.
*******Plants will stand very high temperatures but are not too frost hardy. Should survive to the mid to upper 20's (F).

May 15th, 2014 at 7:51:24 AM PDT by

fan & Watchin Nice looking cacti about how long if you recall did it take for the seed to emerge? I started several different seeds of cacti and 1st time and was just wondering. Mine are still not up and it`s been almost 3 weeks,

May 21st, 2014 at 10:21:43 AM PDT by

I tried 2 ways, I had germination both ways but I believe the best way was moist cotton ball. the other was in soil with sand to cover... I think that the cotton was more successful. It seemed I had at least 80% germination. I just wanted to observe what was going on with the seed so it was a nice thing to have that work.

May 21st, 2014 at 10:36:43 AM PDT by

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May 21st, 2014 at 4:51:55 PM PDT by

FREE: Small Peruvian Apple Cactus + 10 seeds