Borzicactus aureispinus f. cristatus

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Borzicactus aureispinus f. cristatus hort., P.V.Heath
Calyx 5(4): 137 (1997). [Innes, 1997. Complete handbook of cacti and succulents p. 109 "A very fine cristate form of Hildewinteria aureispina"]
Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Cleistocactus winteri f. cristatus hort.

Borzicactus aureispinus f. cristatus (Cleistocactus winteri f. cristatus) Photo by: Andrea B.
This is the beautiful and very popular crested form of the "golden rattail"

Origin and Habitat: Garden origin (Nursery produced cultivar)

Synonyms:

Cleistocactus winteri f. cristatus hort.

Borzicactus aureispinus f. cristatus hort., P.V.Heath
Hildewintera aureispina f. cristata hort.

See all synonyms of Cleistocactus winteri

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Cleistocactus winteri D.R.Hunt
Bradleya 6: 100. 1988
Synonymy: 7

Cleistocactus winteri D.R.Hunt

Borzicactus aureispinus (F.Ritter) G.D.Rowley
Cleistocactus aureispinus (F.Ritter) D.R.Hunt
Hildewintera aureispina (F.Ritter) F.Ritter ex G.D.Rowley
Loxanthocereus aureispinus (F.Ritter) Buxb. in Krainz
Winteria aureispina F.Ritter
Winterocereus aureispinus (F.Ritter) Backeb.

Accepted name in llifle Database:
Cleistocactus winteri subs. colademononis (Diers & Krahn) D.R.Hunt
Cactaceae Syst. Init. 20: 14. 2005 [Nov 2005]
Synonymy: 5

Cleistocactus winteri subs. colademononis (Diers & Krahn) D.R.Hunt

Cleistocactus colademononis (Diers & Krahn) Mottram
Hildewintera colademononis Diers & Krahn
Winterocereus colademononis (Diers & Krahn) D.Metzing & R.Kiesling

Hildewintera polonica V.Foik & Foik

Accepted name in llifle Database:
Cleistocactus winteri f. cristatus hort.
Synonymy: 3

Cleistocactus winteri f. cristatus hort.

Borzicactus aureispinus f. cristatus hort., P.V.Heath
Hildewintera aureispina f. cristata hort.

Cultivars (1):

Cleistocactus winteri cv. Ring

Hildewintera aureispina cv. Ring

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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Crested Golden Rat Tail

Description: It is of easy cultivation. Require full sun or half shade. It need a well drained soil mix. Water generously during the summer but allow to dry fully before watering again. During the winter months they should be kept rather dry. Since they are rapid growers, and need plenty of space for their roots, repotting should be done every other year or when the plant has outgrown its pot.
Propagation: From cuttings in spring (let them dry till the ends callous well. Then replant them in fresh cactus soil that is ever so slightly moist, and keep it that way till they root)

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Cleistocactus winteri group

Cleistocactus winteri D.R.Hunt: Produces pendant or trailing stems up to 100 cm in length. It has very attractive golden spines and flowers are a vivid orange or salmon-pink colour.
Cleistocactus winteri subs. colademononis (Diers & Krahn) D.R.Hunt: has stems up to 2.5 m long with white hairy spines, 4-8(-12) cm long. Flowers red, zygomorphic 7-8 cm long. Distribution: Cerro El Fraile, Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
Cleistocactus winteri f. cristatus hort.: This plant forms huge tangled mounds of fairly rapid growth.
Cleistocactus winteri cv. Ring: It is a very rare circular crest. This particular form of cristation develops at the stems top.

Cultivation and Propagation: It is of easy cultivation. Require full sun or half shade. It need a well drained soil mix. Water generously during the summer but allow to dry fully before watering again. During the winter months they should be kept rather dry. Since they are rapid growers, and need plenty of space for their roots, repotting should be done every other year or when the plant has outgrown its pot.
Propagation: From cuttings in spring (let them dry till the ends callous well. Then replant them in fresh cactus soil that is ever so slighty moist, and keep it that way till they root)

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