Zeichnung
Tafel 12
Beschreibung
Tafel 12 im Werk The History of Succulent Plants von Richard Bradley.
Pilosocereus royenii (Linneaus) Byles & G. D. Rowley 1957
- Cereus Americanus Octangularis, Spinis albicantibus
- Great White Thorch-Thistle
Beschreibung im Werk (engl.)
This Cereus is very common in the West-Indies, growing among the Rocks, and shooting forth its Pillar-like Stems upright to a great Heighth. This Sort is Octangular, putting forth Knots of white Spines from the Edges of its Ribs about an Inch in Length. The Top of the Plant is adorned with a large Cluster of the same Thorns mix'd with white Wool, as is expressed in the Figure, which is exactly the Dimensions of the Plant I had in my Garden. At the Royal Gardens at Hampton-Court, I have seen many of this Sort; but I have not heard it has yet blossomed in Europe. It is very tender, and should be kept from Water and Cold Air.