[3] The first description was published in 2004 by Pierre Josef Braun as Cereus estevesii.

The initially more or less upright, later spread to hanging shoots are up to 5 meters long and have a diameter of 4.3 to 6.5 centimeters.

Young shoots are glaucous, later turning greenish gray or green.

The nine to twelve radial spines projecting unequally are initially maroon with a yellowish tip, become dark brownish gray with age and are 3 to 12 millimeters (rarely up to 20 millimeters) long.

[4] Mirabella estevesii is found in the north of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais on sandy soil at altitudes of about 400 meters.