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Morawetzia sericata F.Ritter
Kakteen Südamerika 4: 1367 (1981).
Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Oreocereus doelzianus var. sericatus (F.Ritter) Lodé
Fichier Encycl. Cact. Autres Succ., Sér. 17: no. 1583 (1996) Repert. Pl. Succ. (I.O.S.), 47: 11 (1996 publ. 1997)

Morawetzia sericata (Oreocereus doelzianus var. sericatus) Photo by: Frikkie Hall
The stems arw chiefly covered with silky white hairs and yellow spines. It grows well.

Synonyms:

See all synonyms of Oreocereus doelzianus
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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Oreocereus doelzianus (Backeb.) Borg
Cacti (Borg) 115 (1937); vide Gray Herb. Card Cat.
Synonymy: 3 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Oreocereus doelzianus subs. calvus (Rauh & Backeb.) Mottram
Cactaceae Syst. Init. 14: 18. 2002 [Oct 2002]
Synonymy: 3 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Oreocereus doelzianus var. sericatus (F.Ritter) Lodé
Fichier Encycl. Cact. Autres Succ., Sér. 17: no. 1583 (1996)
Synonymy: 4 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Oreocereus doelzianus var. sericatus f. cristata
Synonymy: 2
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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Old Man of the Andes

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Oreocereus doelziarius group

  • Oreocereus doelzianus (Backeb.) Borg: Cylindrical stems freely branching basally covered in white wool. Spines yellow to dark brown. Produces terminal cephalia with long white woolly hairs and whitish yellow bristles. Flowers borne from the cephalia, bluish carmine red. Distribution: central Peru.
  • Oreocereus doelzianus subs. calvus (Rauh & Backeb.) Mottram
  • Oreocereus doelzianus var. sericatus (F.Ritter) Lodé: Stems are covered in long, white, hair-like spines (which becomes more dense in strong light) to protect them from the mountain cold and hot sun. Hidden in this white down are long, needle-like spines straw-coloured.
  • Oreocereus doelzianus var. sericatus f. cristata: Attractive species that forms beautiful crest covered in long, white, hair-like spines (which becomes more dense in strong light)


27468 frikkie Frikkie Hall
Morawetzia sericata (Oreocereus doelzianus var. sericatus) Photo by: Frikkie Hall
15309 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Morawetzia sericata (Oreocereus doelzianus var. sericatus) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

18623 Ilham Prof. Ilham Alakbarov
Morawetzia sericata (Oreocereus doelzianus var. sericatus) Photo by: Prof. Ilham Alakbarov
27464 frikkie Frikkie Hall
Morawetzia sericata (Oreocereus doelzianus var. sericatus) Photo by: Frikkie Hall

4736 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Morawetzia sericata (Oreocereus doelzianus var. sericatus) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
27466 frikkie Frikkie Hall
Morawetzia sericata (Oreocereus doelzianus var. sericatus) Photo by: Frikkie Hall

27465 frikkie Frikkie Hall
Morawetzia sericata (Oreocereus doelzianus var. sericatus) Photo by: Frikkie Hall
4735 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Morawetzia sericata (Oreocereus doelzianus var. sericatus) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli


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