Weberocereus tunilla
(Web)Br&R
◊ Contr. US Nat. Herb. 12:432 (1909)
◊◊ Cereus tunilla Web - Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 8:460 (1902)
Cereus gonzalezii Web - Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 8:460 (1902)
- Hanging, irregularly branched. Stems 1-1.5 cm diameter, three- or four-
angled or flat. Areoles on podaria, 3-4 cm apart, woolly, white, later
yellow. Spines 6, later 20, radiating, 3(-8) mm long, base thickened, cream, later brownish en mostly dehiscent. Flower campanulate-funnelformed, 6-7 cm long, 2.5-4 cm diameter, strongly scented. Ovary 1-1.5 cm
long, 1-1.2 cm diameter, brown-purple, with amber-brown scales which are 1-2
mm long and wide, 4-12 white hairlike spines which are ±5 mm long, and white
wool. Receptacle ±2.5 cm long, knobby, with brown spines, getting more scanty
towards the upper part. Outer petals amber-pink. Inner petals pink. Filaments
cream, anthers yellow. Style pink cream, stigma's cream. Fruit 4.5 cm long,
3.5 cm diameter, pale pink, shiny, areoles with bristles, spines and wool.
Seed 1.5 2x1.25x1 mm, black.
- Costa Rica: around Cartago (T: Tablón); Panama, 1000 2350 m.
Cact. 2:214', plate 39
Backeberg 2:800, 801"
Succulenta 57(6):119'
KuaS 28(3):64; 32(7):145-147"; 54(9):243
Icones. Pl. Succ. 40:113-115" (1968)
EPIG 3(1):2"
Plant Biol 1:554-559 (1999)
Cact. Syst. Init. 17:51
NCL 280"
◊ Contr. US Nat. Herb. 12:432 (1909)
◊◊ Cereus tunilla Web - Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 8:460 (1902)
Cereus gonzalezii Web - Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 8:460 (1902)
- Hanging, irregularly branched. Stems 1-1.5 cm diameter, three- or four-
angled or flat. Areoles on podaria, 3-4 cm apart, woolly, white, later
yellow. Spines 6, later 20, radiating, 3(-8) mm long, base thickened, cream, later brownish en mostly dehiscent. Flower campanulate-funnelformed, 6-7 cm long, 2.5-4 cm diameter, strongly scented. Ovary 1-1.5 cm
long, 1-1.2 cm diameter, brown-purple, with amber-brown scales which are 1-2
mm long and wide, 4-12 white hairlike spines which are ±5 mm long, and white
wool. Receptacle ±2.5 cm long, knobby, with brown spines, getting more scanty
towards the upper part. Outer petals amber-pink. Inner petals pink. Filaments
cream, anthers yellow. Style pink cream, stigma's cream. Fruit 4.5 cm long,
3.5 cm diameter, pale pink, shiny, areoles with bristles, spines and wool.
Seed 1.5 2x1.25x1 mm, black.
- Costa Rica: around Cartago (T: Tablón); Panama, 1000 2350 m.
Cact. 2:214', plate 39
Backeberg 2:800, 801"
Succulenta 57(6):119'
KuaS 28(3):64; 32(7):145-147"; 54(9):243
Icones. Pl. Succ. 40:113-115" (1968)
EPIG 3(1):2"
Plant Biol 1:554-559 (1999)
Cact. Syst. Init. 17:51
NCL 280"