Xerophyte

Habit

Columnar, erect, branching basally, to 90 cm high.Stem. Deep green up to 90 cm tall, 10 cm thick

Central Spines

4, one as long as 7 cm , others 3-3,5 cmlong.Radial spines 12, spreading, needle-like, somewhat curved, 12-25 mm long.

Description

Coleocephalocereus purpureusSN|6341]]SN|6341]] (= Buiningia purpureaSN|6342]]SN|6342]]) is a rare Brazilian cactus which had a magnificent cephalium growing laterally near the stem's tip. It is one of the less common species in cultivation and is characterized by pink, very melocactus-like flowers.

Cephalium

to 50 cm long, with gray wool and golden yellow to brown bristles. Buiningia purpureaSN|6342]]SN|6342]] on its own roots can take about 5 - 7 years to develop a cephalium at the earliest, but it can vary.

Blooming Season

Purplish red, nocturnal, tubular flowers, up to 30 mm long and12 mm in diameter.

Spines

Golden yellow to red, later grey.

Ribs

13

Fruits

Globose to oval, shiny red, 17—25 mm long, to 17 mm in diameter.

Areoles

Grey woolly.