Xerophyte

Description

Echinopsis cv. Haku-jo MaruSN|14675]]SN|14675]] is a famous Japanese cultivar with a very peculiar rib shape. It is a relatively common plant in its normal form, but this beautiful crested variant is very-very rare and priced by cactus collectors. The most striking feature are the woolly areoles on the ribs that have a felty line between them so it seems like the areoles are connected with each other.

Forma Cristata Monstruosa

The rare crested and monstrous form distinguishes for the unstructured surface with ribs almost indistinguibile. The areoles are irregularly connected by more or less extensive brownish felty zones between them, giving the whole plant a furry appearance.

Note

It is thought that this interesting cultivar is a chimaeric plant composed of two genetically different strata of cells. This meristematic mutation originated probably from a normal Echinopsis. Echinopsis cv. Haku-jo MaruSN|14675]]SN|14675]]is a relatively common plant in its normal form, but this beautiful crested end monstrous variant is very-very rare and priced by cactus collectors.