Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa × bigelovii
Red teddy bear cholla
Cacti · Cactaceae
Acanthocereus rosei
Rose of the night cactus
Packed by hand and shipped by USPS from Phoenix, Arizona. Shipping is priced at checkout from the packed weight and box size. Shipping details
A night-blooming cereus with thin, ribbed stems that scramble through the scrub in the wild. The flowers are the point: large and white, opening after dark and finished by mid-morning.
Give it a stake or a shrub to lean on as it lengthens. Stems root readily and the plant tolerates a bit more shade than the desert cacti.
Field notes
Xeromorphs · Phoenix, ArizonaAcanthocereus rosei
syn. Peniocereus rosei
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Native range
- Western Mexico
- Habit
- Slender, ribbed stems that lean and clamber through shrubs; large white flowers open at night.
- Light
- Bright light to part sun; takes more shade than most cacti.
- Water
- Moderate water in summer; keep dry and frost-free in winter.
- Hardiness
- To 32 °F (0 °C), kept dry
- Propagation
- Rooted cutting