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San Pedro Cactus

Echinopsis pachanoi

Photo by JamesCrosby
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

San Pedro flowering at 3:00 in the morning.

Habitat:

Potted plant in my front yard, cloned from a fallen branch of a large local specimen.

Notes:

Absolutely heavenly scent, could smell it more than 5 feet away. This must be the way the plant attracts pollinators, as it flowers only in the middle of the night.

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Comments (3)
hungryhowie
AWESOME! :O ive got a san pedro cutting starting up right now, cant wait till it flowers
JamesCrosby
A little over 3 years now, and it's flowering again, this time with 4 flowers instead of one!
hungryhowie
Gorgeous! Any clue how old the cactus is?
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PublishedDecember 27, 2011

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