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This is a lovely fasciation of  E. albatus, whit  small  bristle-like, silky and almost transparent spines.

Exposure: Full sun to light shade (light shade in summer),
Frost Tolerance: -5°C if kept dry.
Propagation: Grafting

Conspecific taxa, varieties, forms an cultivars:

• Echinofossulocactus albatus  E. albatus is now included as a synonym of Echinofossulocactus vaupelianus.
• Echinofossulocactus albatus forma cristata
• Echinofossulocactus vaupelianus
• Echinofossulocactus vaupelianus forma cristata
   

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Scientific name:  Echinofossulocactus vaupelianus (Werdermann) H. C. Whitmore 1934
forma cristata

Origin:  Garden origin (Nursery produced cultivar)

Conservation status: Listed in CITES appendix 2.

Synonyms:

• Echinofossulocactus vaupelianus (Werdermann) H. C. Whitmore 1934
  = Stenocactus vaupelianus (Werdermann) F. M. Knuth 1935, (Mexico)
  = Echinocactus vaupelianus Werdermann 1931
  = Echinofossulocactus vaupelianus  (Werdermann) Tieg. and Oehme
  = Ferocactus vaupelianus (Werdermann) N. P. Taylor 1980
• Echinofossulocactus albatus (A. Dietrich) Britton et Rose 1922
  = Echinocactus albatus A. Dietrich 1846
  = Stenocactus albatus (A. Dietrich) F. M. Knuth 1935
  = Brittonrosea albata,
• Stenocactus rectispinus

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