Its name literally means "Cereus that grows isolated", in reference to its unusual custom of not forming groups of stems, like the other Cereus, but of growing in solitary. It is an extremely rare cactaceae, probably little
Its name literally means "Cereus that grows isolated", in reference to its unusual custom of not forming groups of stems, like the other Cereus, but of growing in solitary. It is an extremely rare cactaceae, probably little diffused also for its dimensions, which can exceed in nature the 15 metres of height! To this genre belongs only another species, Isolatocereus dumortieri, so much showy and particular to deserve a new genus on its own. Only when the plant is mature, will it be able