APPLE CACTUS - ORANGE

Botanical Name: Cereus stenogonus

Description

Orange fruiting selection. Also called the Peruvian apple, this is a night flowering, column cacti from South America. The flesh is soft, sweet and delicate in flavour, similar in taste and texture to Dragon Fruit. The plants will require free draining soil to thrive, and can be grown as a potted house plant, it is very attractive and drought tolerant. Pollination is beneficial, plant a pink fruiting selection for cross pollination, the nocturnal flowers are pollinated by moths or bats. Sold as cuttings ready to plant Guide to planting bare rooted cacti

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Apple Cactus - Orange For Sale (Size: Large Bare Root) (Cutting Grown)

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Bee Attracting (#BeeAttracting), Climate Arid (#ClimateArid), Colour Fruit Skin Orange (#ColourFruitSkinOrange), Eat Fresh (#EatFresh), Feature - Thorny (#Feature-Thorny), Grow Full Sun (#GrowFullSun), Landscape Specimen (#LandscapeSpecimen), Pollination Cross Pollinate (#PollinationCrossPollinate), Rare And Unusual (#RareAndUnusual)

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Preferred Climate

Subtropical
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Cutting
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Max Height (when in the ground with good conditions)

2-5m

Plants required to Pollinate

2 compatible plants (Pollination Required)
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Can it Handle Frosts?

Sometimes

Amount of leaves in Winter?

All Leaves (Evergreen)

Quarantine Restrictions to these Areas

Suitability in Pots

Yes with 35L+ Pot

Water Requirements

Moderate Watering

Is it a Dwarf Fruit Tree?

Can be pruned to 2m

Time to Fruit/Flower/Harvest

2-3 Years

Sun or Shade

Full (Sun:80%-100%)

Preferred Soil Type

Good Drainage

Soil pH

Neutral (6.6-7.3pH)

Fruiting/Harvest Months

February, March, April

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