Cereus forbesii Hort.Berol. ex C.F.Först. is a much branched shrubby or treelike cactus, with blue-green cylindrical-columnar stems armed with long spines. It attains a height of about 2 meters (sometimes 7 m or more tall with a distinct trunk up to 40 cm in diameter). In spring to early summer it produces large funnel-form flowers which are white or pinkish white inside and reddish in the exterior.
Genus name: 1730, from Latin cereus "waxen, waxy," from cera "wax" (see cero-). So called from its shape, which suggests a wax candle.
Cereus forbesii
Cereus forbesii comes in following sizes:
baby (XS) - is ca. 10 cm tall and comes in a ø 6 cm pot.
M - is ca. 17 cm tall and comes in a ø 12 cm pot.
