Organ Pipe Cactus
Stenocereus thurberi
Organ pipe cactus is a magnificent multi-stemmed columnar cactus of the Sonoran Desert, with night-blooming flowers (pollinated by bats and moths) and sweet edible fruit. A bold desert specimen.
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 10–20 ft
- Spacing
- 8–12 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- May, June
- Bloom colors
- white, pink
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, songbirds, mammals
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen
- Native states
- AZ