Morangaya pensilis

Morangaya pensilis (K.Brandegee) G.D.Rowley (1974)

🌵 Author(s)	Gordon Rowley
🌵 Basionym	Cereus pensilis (1904)
🌵 Basionym author(s)	Katharine Brandegee
🌵 Type of	Morangaya

Etymology

Latin pensĭlis ‘hanging, pendent’. For the growth habit. Brandegee: “It is a very conspicuo[u]s plant as it hangs six feet in length with many scarlet red blossoms from the mountain ledges.”