Espostoa mirabilis - Exotic Cacti / Succulent - 5 Seeds Soup pale to deep blue flowers

pale to deep blue flowers with a darker blue stripe are presented on a long flower stalk in mid- to late summer (Dec-Mar)

fruit and ornamentals

and the berries arise from midsummer till early winter

This plant is usually a solitary rosette

Espostoa mirabilis - Exotic Cacti / Succulent - 5 Seeds Soup pale to deep blue flowersEspostoa is a genus of columnar cacti, comprising 16 species known from the Andes of southern Ecuador and Peru. It usually lives at an altitude of between 800m and 2500m. Its fruit is edible, sweet, and juicy. The genus is named after Nicolas E. Esposto, a renowned botanist from Lima. Espostoa mirabilis is a columnar somewhat shrubby to tree like Cactus, green stems, up to 10cm to 12cm in diameter, 13 to 16 ribs on average, 1 or 2 white long central