×Pacherocactus orcuttii
(K.Brandegee) G.D.Rowley (1982)
Etymology
🌵 Author(s) | Gordon Rowley |
🌵 Basionym | Cereus ×orcuttii (1900) |
🌵 Basionym author(s) | Katharine Brandegee |
🌵 Hybrid parents | Bergerocactus emoryiPachycereus pringlei |
Named for American naturalist Charles Russell Orcutt (1864-1929). Brandegee:
The plant from which this description is drawn was obtained by Mr. C. R. Orcutt near Rosario, Baja California, in May, 1886. It was brought to him by his guide, who found it off the trail some little distance. The cutting was planted in Mr. Orcutt’s garden, and is now about 2 m. in height; has flowered but formed no fruit. […] The guide told Mr. Orcutt that it bore in its season edible fruit the size of an orange, but it is possible that he confused it with C. Thurberi.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 05). ×Pacherocactus orcuttii. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/pacherocactus-orcuttii