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Cereus hexagonus
Also called Queen Of The Night, Blue Cereus, Tall Columnar Cactus
Cereus hexagonus or lady of the night cactus is a species of columnar cactus found in northern South America.
Cereus hexagonus is distributed in Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela and northern Brazil.
Cereus aethiops · Cereus albicaulis · Cereus bicolor · Cereus fernambucensis · Cereus forbesii · Cereus fricii · Hedge cactus · Cereus horrispinus · Cereus insularis · Queen Of The Night · Cereus lamprospermus · Cereus lanosus
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cereus hexagonus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
