Re: Scavenger hunt

Comon names are  BLUE CANDLE, GARAMBULLA, WHORTLEBERRY CACTUS, Bilberry
Cactus, Blue Flame, Padre Nuestro, Organ pipe cactus, Blue Myrtle, Dinosaur
Back Plant, Blueberry Cactus
Syn: Cereus geometrizans

You've probably already visited these sites, but they did look like they
might be helpful:

http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/Cactaceae/Myrtillocactus_geom.html

http://florawww.eeb.uconn.edu/acc_num/198800198.html

http://members.tripod.com/~KeinHong/graft-howto.html
this is an article on grafting, utilizing your plant

http://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/garden/mg/cacti/Propagation.htm
more on grafting: "A grafting technique for rapid increase of trichocereus
hybrids has been developed by using Myrtillocactus geometrizans as
understock and grafting the areoles of trichocereus."

http://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/garden/mg/cacti/Propagation.htm
potting and propagation

and, that's not that hard to pronounce.

Kitty


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "james singer" <jsinger@igc.org>
To: "Chat" <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 5:22 PM
Subject: [CHAT] Scavenger hunt


> I'm trying to find some web sites that have information on the origin,
> care, and culture of Myrtillocactus geometrizans [don't try to
> pronounce that--you may hurt yourself], the whortleberry cactus.
>
> I can't seem to get the cactus chat list to answer my question about
> potting mixes for cactus, so I have no hope for this question.
>
> Island Jim
> Southwest Florida
> 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> Zone 10a
> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
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