Fwd: Cactus for id

[J.M. Garg]

Forwarding again for Id assistance  please.

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From: Padmanabha Iyer <iye...@gmail.com>
Date: 11 January 2016 at 11:00
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Dear Friends

Happy New Year to all of you.

These are two images of Euphorbia taken at Anaikatti (near coimbatore) and Kanyakumari. Request id at the species level if possible.

Thanking you in advance

Best wishes

geetha

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Replies:

"This plant is definetly not an Euphorbia. It belongs to the cactus family. 
It could be Cereus jamacaru, a species native of Brazil, or any resembling Cereus species .
Cheers,
François Sampieri"

"Nice photo, but not Euphorbia.  It is a cactus, Cereus sp.  I do not know the species name off hand, but for sure it is Cereus, look at those flower buds.

God Bless and Good Growing,
Dan Rhoads - Lincoln, NE - USDA Zone 5b"

On 25 January 2016 at 10:51, J.M. Garg <jmg...@gmail.com> wrote:

Forwarding for Id assistance  please.

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From: J.M. Garg <jmg...@gmail.com>
Date: 18 January 2016 at 13:07
Subject: Fwd: Cactus for id
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[Aarti S. Khale]

Could be Cereus peruvianus.

Aarti

[Padmanabha Iyer]

Thank you Garg ji. Will put it down as Cereus spp

Thanks to all Aarti Khale,François Sampieri and Dan Rhoads for all the suggestions.

Best wishes

geetha

[Saroj Kumar Kasaju]

Cereus hexagonus (L.) Mill.

Thank you

Saroj Kasaju

[JM Garg]

Only the following species of Cereus are listed in India Flora Online (Cereus hexagonus, Cereus peruvianus, Cereus pterogonus) as per details herein. 
Only Cereus pterogonus have distribution in the area.

So I take it as Cereus pterogonus

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From: JM Garg <jmg...@gmail.com>
Date: Monday, 18 January 2016 at 1:07:45 pm UTC+5:30
Subject: Fwd: Cactus for id

[Saroj Kasaju]

Wild or cultivated ?

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

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[Saroj Kumar Kasaju]

https://www.gbif.org/species/5383999

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cereus_hexagonus_Flower_01.jpg&ved=2ahUKEwjA4Pbw8J2PAxUq3jgGHT6xOkMQFnoECBUQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3MKCndobZQEfweLa1ahbDE

Thank you

Saroj Kasaju