Xerophyte

Description

Pilosocereus leucocephalusSN|6720]]SN|6720]] is a magnificent branching, tree-like columnar cactus to 6 m tall which branches are clothed in thick silky wool. They are among the most unusual cacti, as the stems are a brilliant blue in colour and should prove an interesting and eye-catching plant both for the specialist collector and for those wanting a somewhat different house plant. The beautiful crested form here depicted (labelled by some as Azureocereus sp. forma cristata or Browningia sp. forma cristata). Anyway (whatever the name is) this crest is very rare in collection and highly priced for its shocking blue colour.

Spines

Short golden and bristly.

Areoles

White, at first woolly later naked.