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  Haageocereus lanugispinus
(Syn: Pygmaeocereus densiaculeatus)
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Haageocereus lanugispinus FR583 North of Pativilca, Dept. Lima and Ancash, Peru.

 It is a beautiful bat extremely rare plant, sometime found in collection
with its older name Pygmaeocereus densiaculeatus.
 

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Family: Cactaceae (Cactus Family)


Scientific name: Haageocereus lanugispinus F. Ritter
In: Kakteen in Südamerika, 4: 1395-1396 (figs. 1276, 1279-1280) 1981

Origin North of Pativilca, Ancash-Lima - Peru (South America) 2000-2500 m.

Conservation status: Listed in CITES appendix 2.

Common English Names include: No common names.

Etymology: From Latin "lanugo" = "wool-like surface" and "spina" = "spine" for its downy spinination.

Synonyms:

  • Pygmaeocereus densiaculeatus Backbg.1963
  • Arthrocereus densiaculeatus

 


This plant, according to Fr. Ritter's description and pictures in his 4 volume book 'Kakteen in Südamerika', certainly is Haageocereus lanugispinus. For a long time this taxon erroneously had been called Pygmaeocereus densiaculeatus due to Backeberg's generic misplacement in 1966.
Ritter found that taxon already in 1957 in a tiny area north of Pativilca in the flat coastal zone near or at the boarder line of Depto. Lima and Ancash. In his book he finally described it by the name which had been used before as nomen nudum in the nursery of his sister H. Winter.

Description: It is a very rare and poorly known small finger sized sprawling cactus spreading from its base, half-lying on the ground. It seems that there is only ONE clone propagated in collections worldwide!
Spines: Most unusual dense, plumose, short, glassy white, which detach very easily.
Flower: White .

This plant seems to be very rarely seen in its "normal" form, as it is almost always seen the cristate form.
However the crested form sometimes throws off normal stems, but they proved to be particularly difficult to root, for this reason the few plants found in specialized cactus collections are - usually - grafted.
 

Cultivation: This mountain cactus  necessitate deep pots and a well drained mineral potting mix.
Need a sufficient amount of air.  
They are susceptible to overwatering,  but need enough water during vegetation.
Frost Tolerance:  They tolerate light frost
-5 (-10) °C. Need to be kept in a cool place during winter rest this is important for the flowers as well as for their health. Without this cool winter period they normally wont get many buds.
Sun Exposure: Need a good amount of sun.

Propagation:  Usually propagated by cuttings and grafting . Grafted plants in culture are most common  and sprout strongly. But it is also feasible to root them but they grow much slower on their own roots and takes various years prior to they bloom.

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