Espostoa guentheri (Kipper) Buxb.
Red Foxtail Cactus
columnar cactus with attractive golden-spined stems that exhibit varying densities of fox-red lateral cephalia that is, beds of woolly hairs grown on the sides of the branches from which comes flowers and fruits stems pale green up to 2-3 m tall, 10 cm in diameter, ribs 27, barely tuberculate, areoles yellowish, woolly, spacer 1 cm on the ribs, spines 15-25 spines flowers yellowish or whitish, campanulate to tubular fruits roundish, scaly edible
Remark: It is easy to grow Need a fertile, well drained soil mix Water the plants well and allow them to dry before watering again This species seems to do better with a little more water than most cacti During the growing season fertilize them monthly with a balanced fertilizer
Ornamental cactus. Indoor or outdoor
Cephalocereus guentheri Kupper, Cereus guentheri (Kupper) Werderm
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