Golden torch
Echinopsis spachiana (Lem.) H.Friedrich & G.D.Rowley
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- 2.0 m
- wide
- —
Cactaceae
Also called Torch cactus, White torch cactus
Formerly Cereus santiaguensis, Cereus spachianus, Echinopsis santiaguensis, Soehrensia spachiana, and 2 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Succulent subshrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Desert or dry shrublandKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Bolivia to NW. ArgentinaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 2.0 mRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- WhiteRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, spread, water, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (3)
- Afrikaans
- Orgelkaktus
- Swedish
- Ribbkaktus
- Chinese
- 黄大文字
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY 2.0
- 3D model: Echinopsis spachiana (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.