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Espostoa mirabilis

Botanical details
Family
Cactaceae
Native to GB / Ireland
No
Genus

Espostoa

Genus description

A genus of 16 species of cacti from southern Ecuador and Peru, grown mainly as houseplants. They have tall, columnar stems covered in fuzzy, soft white hairs which hide circles of sharp spines. Bell or cup-shaped flowers are generally white, rarely red, and bloom at night and the sweet, juicy fruits are edible

Name status

Unresolved

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