| Description | Grey Organ Pipe Cactus (Stenocereus pruinosus) is a large shrubby or tree-like columnar cactus, Widely cultivated for the edible fruit. |
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| Pronunciation | (sten-oh-CER-ee-us) (proo-in-NO-sus) |
| Plant Type | Cactus |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average, dry |
| Soil & Site | well-drained, coarse |
| Growing Media | cactus mix |
| Flowers | white, trumpet shape, faintly pink |
| Fruit | size of a small apple, yellow, orange-green to purple, fruit is spiny in youth, growing smooth with maturity, edible |
| Leaves | 5 to 6 spines on edge of ribs |
| Stems | 5-6 deep ribs, gray-green to dark green, white-glaucous bloom near apex on new growth (pruinosus) |
| Dimensions | 14-16 feet or taller, large shrubby or tree-like columnar cactus |
| Propagation | seeds |
| Native Site | Mexico in the states of Oaxaca, Puebla, and Veracruz (and also Guerrero and Chiapas ) |
| Misc Facts | AKA: Gray Ghost Organ Pipe, Pitayo, Pitaya of October |
| Notes & Reference | #15-Cactus Lexicon (Backeberg), LLife Encyclopedias of life forms (http://www.llifle.com) |
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