Browningia hertlingiana (Backeb.) Buxb. is a huge–growing columnar cactus sought after by collectors because the juvenile specimens have a beautiful blue frosty covering. It one of the few really blue cacti. Habit: It is a perennial treelike, stem succulent, with columnar few branched stems that, under favourable conditions, can reach the ultimate height of 8 m and spread of 4 m.

Browningia hertlingiana

Name: Browningia hertlingiana
Brand: Foliage Factory

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Browningia hertlingiana is approximately 25 cm tall and comes in a ⌀ 11 cm pot.
Name: Browningia hertlingiana (Backeb.) Buxb. Common names: Blue Cereus, Blue Cactus
Type: Phanerophyte
Family: Cactaceae
Native Range: Mantaro Valley (central regions of Apurímac, Ayacucho and Huancavelica), southern Peru Habitat: occurs on slopes of inter-Andean valleys in dry Andean forests
Height: to 800 cm
Spread: to 400 cm
Sun: Part shade
Water: low
Maintenance: Low
Leaf: Evergreen
Tolerate: Semi Shade Taxon identifiers: ITIS TSN : 908184 NCBI taxonomy ID : 153842 Encyclopedia of Life ID : 5187561 GBIF taxon ID : 3946522 PlantList-ID : kew-2683908 IPNI plant ID : 129134-1 Tropicos ID : 5101735 CITES Species+ ID : 18859 IUCN taxon ID : 152226 Plants of the World online ID : urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:129134-1 iNaturalist taxon ID : 438085 World Flora Online ID : wfo-0000572639 Google Knowledge Graph ID : /g/121zcc18 Open Tree of Life ID : 345475 Catalogue of Life ID : 68SLB Synonyms: = Azureocereus ciliisquamus F.Ritter ≡ Azureocereus hertlingianus (Backeb.) Backeb. = Azureocereus hertlingianus f. viridis (Rauh and Backeb.) Guiggi = Azureocereus nobilis Akers = Azureocereus viridis Rauh and Backeb. = Browningia viridis (Rauh and Backeb.) Buxb. ≡ Clistanthocereus hertlingianus Backeb.
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