File:Close-up of a specimen of night blooming ceres (Ce'reus), ca.1920 (CHS-5496).jpg

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Close-up of a specimen of night blooming ceres (Ce'reus), ca.1920
Photograph of a close-up of a specimen of night blooming ceres (Ce'reus), ca.1920.; "This popular group of cacti from South America consists of about 60 species. These vigorous-growing, mostly columnar-shaped cacti are easy to grow and make excellent container plants when small. Outdoors, when used as landscaping plants, these cacti will usually reach a height of 30 feet or more, growing up to 4 feet per year. Some branch at the top, resembling a candelabrum; others branch close to the base. In the spring or summer, their funnel-shaped flowers open at night closing as the sun rises. They may be white, pink or green and 6 to 8 inches long, growing near the plant's crown. The gorgeous blossoms are followed by green, red, or purple, edible fruits. C. validus grows up to 25 feet high with a spread of 10 feet. On new growth, its long spines are shiny black. When the stem reaches a height of 4 feet, beautiful flowers grow intermittently throughout the summer. The white blossoms are stained with salmon or pink. They are followed by greenish-purple fruits. C. hildmannianus var. Monstrose (Curiosity Plant; Giant Club) is an interesting variety forming a twisted, dark blue-green stem. The disfigured stem is caused by deformed growing points. The Curiosity Plant is covered with short, red or gold spines. It bears white flowers, which are followed by brown fruits. This plant can grow up to 15 feet high. C. aethiops is an attractive plant the forms clumps of tall, slender, blue-green stems adorned with contrasting black spines. When the stem is 3 or 4 feet high, it flowers several times in the summer. Its blossoms are followed by plum-shaped, purplish-brown fruits. This variety can reach a height of 10 feet." -- unknown author.
Call number: CHS-5496
Filename: CHS-5496
Coverage date: circa 1920
Part of collection: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Format: glass plate negatives
Type: images
Part of subcollection: Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Repository name: USC Libraries Special Collections
Accession number: 5496
Microfiche number: 1-77-64
Archival file: chs_Volume99/CHS-5496.tiff
Repository address: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Geographic subject (country): USA
Format (aacr2): 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm.
Rights: Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
Project: USC
Repository email: specol@usc.edu
Contributing entity: California Historical Society
Date created: circa 1920
Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries
Format (aat): photographic prints; photographs
Geographic subject (state): California
Subject (file heading): Botany -- Cacti
Legacy record ID: chs-m17397; USC-1-1-1-14203
Access conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Geographic subject (county): Los Angeles
Subject (lcsh): Views; Cactus
Date circa 1920
date QS:P,+1920-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Source http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll65/id/17394
Author Unknown authorUnknown author

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