© Valentino Vallicelli
Endangered
CITES App. II
Primary
Accepted
Cleistocactus sp. f. cristata clone C
Cleistocactus sp. f. cristata clone C
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Cleistocactus sp. f. cristata clone C
Author
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Chinese genus
管花柱属
Chinese name
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DescriptionEdit description
Description
This is one of the innumerable crested clone of Cleistocactus found in cultivation, most of this cristates are hybrid and have not received any formal name.
Spines
It has many short bristly creamy-yellow coloured spines all quite similar in shape, that literally cover the surface of the stems.
Stem
The beautiful crested form, here described, (Clone C) has medium sized fan-like stems and creamy yellow bristly spines, it can form in age a large convoluted mound and can reach a considerable size (up to 40 cm in diameter, or more).
Areoles
Small roundish, greyish-white felted.