Author: (Martius) Console.
Common Name: "Blue Candle", "Whortleberry Cactus", "Blue Flame".
Family: Cactaceae.
Country of Origin: Mexico.
Habitat: Mexico to guatemala.
Size: Up to 6m high, 50cm thick.
Ribs: 5-6.
Spines: 5 black/brown rsp 2cm, 1 csp 2-6cm.
Flowers: Daytime, lateral, white, 3cm across.
Other Names: Cereus geometrizans. Martius.
More: Likes full sun. Fruit globose, red, sweet, edible (garrambullas).
Source: [tiec], [tch].

Picture: Own collection, spring 2000.