Oreocereus trollii
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Oreocereus trollii is approximately 15 cm tall and comes in a ⌀ 9 cm pot.
Oreocereus trollii Quick Guide
Family: Cactaceae
Native Range: Bolivia to Argentina (Jujuy)
Zone: 10-11 Habitat: grows primarily in the montane tropical biome.
Height: 50 to 100cm
Spread: up to 50 cm
Sun: Full sun
Water: Low
Maintenance: Low
Leaf: Evergreen
Tolerate: Semi Shade Synonyms: Borzicactus celsianus var. trollii (Kupper) G.D.Rowley ≡ Borzicactus trollii (Kupper) Kimnach ≡ Cereus trollii Kupper ≡ Echinopsis trollii (Kupper) Anceschi and Magli = Oreocereus celsianus subsp. trollii (Kupper) Krainz = Oreocereus crassiniveus Backeb. = Oreocereus irigoyenii Fric ≡ Oreocereus trollii (Kupper) Backeb. = Oreocereus trollii var. crassiniveus (Backeb.) Backeb. = Oreocereus trollii var. tenuior Backeb. ≡ Pilocereus trollii Kupper No children Taxon identifiers : ITIS TSN : 907449 NCBI taxonomy ID : 1217492 Encyclopedia of Life ID : 5187766 GBIF taxon ID : 7282505 PlantList-ID : tro-50134559 IPNI plant ID : 175986-2 Tropicos ID : 50134559 CITES Species+ ID : 19159 IUCN taxon ID : 151717 EPPO Code : ORKTR Plants of the World online ID : urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:175986-2 iNaturalist taxon ID : 441439 World Flora Online ID : wfo-0001245811 Google Knowledge Graph ID : /g/1214flvz Open Tree of Life ID : 640700 Catalogue of Life ID : 74T2C UMLS CUI : C3585070
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Oreocereus trollii Kupper a.k.a. the Old Man of the Andes is a s shrubby columnar cactus with fine, completely enveloping hair and powerful coloured spination, but much dwarfer in stature than Oreocereus celsianus. Young plants of Oreocereus trollii are also very popular in small cacti collections.Habit: It branches at the base and forms clumps of short chunky columnar shoots that can lay sideways with time. In young plants the shoots are like thick spheres and difficult to recognise as belonging to an Oreocereus.
Its name means "mountain cereus", formed from the Greek prefix oreo- (ὀρεο-, mountain) and the Neo-Latin cereus, meaning wax or torch.
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