Xerophyte

Description

Borzicactus samaipatanusSN|3761]]SN|3761]] var. divi-miseratus 3762]SN|3762]] distinguished for slightly stouter and more erect stems, dark-greyish, bristly, breakable spines and slightly longer flowers up to 6 cm long. However it is hard to name it accurately without knowing where it comes from, and the two plants are not readily distinguishable, if not for the geographical provenance. More likely they are one and the same species.

Flowers

Numerous, at the apex of shoots, red, longer than the type, about 6 cm long.

Spines

13-18, at first reddish or yellowish, becoming grey-blackish as they ages, spreading downward from the bottom of the areola, needle-shaped, very thin, intertwined, unequal and brittle.

Ribs

About 15, very low.

Stem

Columnar tapered toward the point, slightly branched near the base, 40-70 cm high, forming loose groups.

Areoles

3-4 mm apart, 3 mm in diameter, bulged, above with light brown hairs, below with greyish hairs.