General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Cactus/Succulent
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 10a -1.1 °C (30 °F) to +1.7 °C (35 °F)
Plant Height: 8-16 feet
Fruit: Edible to birds
Other: 2 inch spherical red fruit with wooly spines.
Fruiting Time: Late summer or early fall
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Nocturnal
Flower Color: White
Other: White flowers open at night and age to pink by the next morning.
Bloom Size: 6"-12"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Late summer or early fall
Wildlife Attractant: Birds
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Endangered

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Common names
  • Fragrant Prickly-apple
  • Caribbean Applecactus
  • Indian River Prickly-apple
  • Fragrant Woolly Cactus

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Location: Sarasota, FL
Date: 2015-04-30
At Selby Gardens

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