Cleistocactus winteri
Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Golden Rat Tail
ITALIAN (Italiano): Coda di scimmia
SPANISH (Español): Cola de rata, Cola de rata dorada, Cola de ratón, Cactus cola de rata dorado
SWEDISH (Svenska): Bronskaktus
Description: Cleistocactus winteri, often labelled Hildewintera aureispina, is a branching columnar cactus of fairly rapid growth that resembles a very robust version of the popular peanut cactus (Lobivia chamaecereus). It forms soon tangled scrubs of long golden coloured drooping stems and produces vivid orange to salmon-pink flowers. They are repetitively and freely produced on mature plants from spring till frost and can last for several days.
Stems: Cylindrical, spreading, arching, pendant, or trailing that can grow up to 1,5 metres long and 2.5-6 cm wide with many branches.
Ribs: 16-17.
Areoles: Brown closely set.
Spines: About 50 bristly, flexible, straight, golden-yellow to brownish that literally cover the surface of the stems. The 20 or more, powerful central spines are 5 to 10 mm long. The 30 radiating spines are 4 to 10 mm long.
Flowers: Funnel-shaped, tubular, upturned vivid orange to salmon-pink, 4 to 6 cm in length, 5 cm across and very showy. Scale on the tube orange. Outer tepals radiating and bent back, inner ones shorter end upright. Stamens and style exerted.
Cleistocactus winteri
Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Golden Rat Tail
ITALIAN (Italiano): Coda di scimmia
SPANISH (Español): Cola de rata, Cola de rata dorada, Cola de ratón, Cactus cola de rata dorado
SWEDISH (Svenska): Bronskaktus
Description: Cleistocactus winteri, often labelled Hildewintera aureispina, is a branching columnar cactus of fairly rapid growth that resembles a very robust version of the popular peanut cactus (Lobivia chamaecereus). It forms soon tangled scrubs of long golden coloured drooping stems and produces vivid orange to salmon-pink flowers. They are repetitively and freely produced on mature plants from spring till frost and can last for several days.
Stems: Cylindrical, spreading, arching, pendant, or trailing that can grow up to 1,5 metres long and 2.5-6 cm wide with many branches.
Ribs: 16-17.
Areoles: Brown closely set.
Spines: About 50 bristly, flexible, straight, golden-yellow to brownish that literally cover the surface of the stems. The 20 or more, powerful central spines are 5 to 10 mm long. The 30 radiating spines are 4 to 10 mm long.
Flowers: Funnel-shaped, tubular, upturned vivid orange to salmon-pink, 4 to 6 cm in length, 5 cm across and very showy. Scale on the tube orange. Outer tepals radiating and bent back, inner ones shorter end upright. Stamens and style exerted.