
Myrtillocactus geometrizans - Colony of Blue Candle Cactus
This Myrtillocactus geometrizans, also known as the Blue Candle Cactus or Blue Myrtle Cactus, is one of my favorites because I’m such a sucker for truly blue plants. Such a lovely cactus and looks awesome in dish gardens. A rainbow of blues and greens in full sun, drought tolerant and easy to grow. Exact colony shown in 6” pot shipped bare root. Common names: Blue Myrtle, Dinosaur Back Plant, Blue Candle, Blue Flame Taxonomy from Kew: Synonyms Has 16 Synonyms KB Homotypic Synonyms Cereus geometrizans Mart. ex Pfeiff. in Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 90 (1837) Heterotypic Synonyms Cereus aquicaulensis Pfeiff. in Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 90 (1837) Cereus garambello Haage ex C.F.Först. in Handb. Cakteenk.: 433 (1846) Cereus geometrizans var. pugionifer (Lem.) Salm-Dyck in Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 2: 48 (1849) Cereus geometrizans var. quadrangularispinus Lem. ex Labour. in Monogr. Cact.: 367 (1853) Cereus gladiator Otto & A.Dietr. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 6: 34 (1838) Cereus g