Cleistocactus winteri subs. colademononis
Cactaceae Syst. Init. 20: 14. 2005 [Nov 2005]
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Cleistocactus winteri subs. colademononis
Author
(Diers & Krahn) D.R.Hunt
Chinese genus
管花柱属
Chinese name
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DescriptionEdit description
Seeds
Black, 1.1-1.4 mm long and slightly curved. They germinate easily.
Description
Cleistocactus winteriSN|3784]]SN|3784]] subs. colademononis, sometimes listed under its old name of Hildewintera colademononisSN|9579]]SN|9579]], is a fantastic plant with very long white and soft, hairlike spines. The common name “monkey's tail” refers to the appearance of the hairy stems. It is free flowering and the outsize bright red blooms are particularly decorative.
Habitat
Cleistocactus winteriSN|3784]]SN|3784]] subs. colademononis is a vigorous, epilithic (growing on rocks) cactus, branching at the base. At first upright, then pendent and is up to 2.5 meters long
Flowers
Bright red, 7-8 cm long, zygomorphic, almost horizontal from the the areola.
Spines
(0 to) 4-8 more or less pointing downward, bristle-like yellowish and 20-50 hair-like, white, 4-8 (up to 12) cm long spines . The hair-like spines grow gradually.
Ribs
14-20 low.
Stem
Cylindrical, light green 2-7 cm across, completely concealed by the spines.
Fruits
More or less spherical, reddish 8-12 mm in diameter, drying and splitting open lengthwise at maturity.
Areoles
3-6 mm apart.