Organ pipe cactus
Stenocereus thurberi (Engelm.) Buxb.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Little
- tall
- 3.0 m
- wide
- 3.0 m
Cactaceae
Also called Mexican organ pipe, Organ Pipe Cactus, Organpipe cactus
Formerly Cereus thurberi, Glandulicereus thurberi, Lemaireocereus thurberi, Marshallocereus thurberi, and 3 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
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 shrub or treeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Desert or dry shrublandKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- S. Arizona to N. MexicoKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from Arizona Municipal Water Users Association, one source
- Height
- 3.0 mRead from Arizona Municipal Water Users Association, one source
- Spread
- 3.0 mRead from Arizona Municipal Water Users Association, one source
- Water
- Little: takes droughtRead from Arizona Municipal Water Users Association, one source
- Flowers
- PinkRead from Arizona Municipal Water Users Association, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -5.6 °C (USDA zone 9a)Read from Arizona Municipal Water Users Association, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (7)
- Spanish
- Pitayo dulce, Pitayo Dulce
- root
- aaqui, chacha, meullé
- Russian
- Стеноцереус Тёрбера
- French
- Cactus tuyau d'orgue
- Chinese (China)
- 茶柱
- Slovak
- stenocereus Thurberov
- Chinese
- 大王阁
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Arizona Municipal Water Users Association, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Stenocereus thurberi (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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