◊◊ Bradleya 7:89-91' (1989)
Mediocactus tricae (Hunt)Dwld - Sukkulenty (Moskou) 4(1-2):42 (2002)
Hylocereus tricae (Hunt)Bauer - Cact. Syst. Init. 17:29 (2003)
Selenicereus inermis ssp. tricae (Hunt)Bauer - EPIG 66:1", 5-14" (2010)
- Spreading or pendant, up to 5 m and longer, profusely branching. Stems up to 4 cm diameter, three-angled, ribs up to 2 cm hoog, light green, not glaucous. Areoles 2 4,5 cm apart. Spines 0 3, 1 4 mm long, with a thickened base, yellow-brown. Flower 24 27 cm long, opening 22 25 cm wide. Ovary with brown felt and some bristly spines. Receptacle apple-green. Outer petals light green or light green with brown tinge, middle petals purple-red with green edges, upper part of inner white, lower part pink-purple. Filaments whitish. Style very thick, 5 6 mm, stigmas light green-cream. Fruit unknown.
- Mexico: road from Villahermosa to Tuxtla Gutierrez, Yaxchilán (Chiapas); Guatemala: Aguateca (Petén); Belize: east of Augustine (district El Cayo), 500 m.
NCL 140"
EPIG 8(3):84'
Cact. Syst. Init. 22:17-18 (2007)