WEBEROCEREUS 
ESPOSTOA HUANUCOENSIS Slendery climbing or pend- 
AT eae a Bao: ; ent epiphytic cacti. Stems 
gs OMe Vina tS ED CCT ES ite SSO Ns terete, angled or rarely flat- 
long hair and pale yellow spines which eyed , 
give the plant a delicate yellow tinge. BORZICACTUS tened emitting aerial roots, 
A stouter plant than the others. It comes The Borzicactus of central and north- areoles bearing felt or long 
from the eastern valleys of the 75 ern Ecuador may possibly all be varieties hairs and with or without 
Andes. Each $f. Smaller................. Cc of B. sepium. The bright red blossoms acicular spines or bristles. 
are very pretty. The plants branch from 
the base and grow easily liking a porous 
soil with moderate waterings. 
ache. 2..c2-..- 
Trichocereus santiaguensis. Large oeeree 
c 
Trichocereus Shaferi. Short stemmed, ces- 
pitose. Flowers very large. Fine plant. 4” - 6” 
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Trichocereus Schickendantzii. Low growing, 
forming compact clusters. Large white flowers. 
TL Clare A Cae es a ee ee Rr eh ee 50c 
Trichocereus strigosus. Clustered short pret 
50c 
Trichocereus thelegonus. A creeping or pros- 
trate long-stemmed plant. Large white flowers 
75¢ 
Trichocereus thelegonus X_ Echinopsis.._.50c 
Trichocereus uyupampensis. 1952... $1.50 
Trichocereus Werdermannianus. A huge spe- 
(lS ee old a 2 re eee es Pe see $2.50 
Trichocereus arequipensis. A white woolly 
giant from below Chala, Peru. A very large 
plant. Probably is not a Trichocereus. Small. 
$2.50 
NEORAIMONDIA 
A strange Peruvian cactus found all over 
the western Andean slopes. Stems 3’ - 15’ 
stout, branched near base, strict, with few 
ribs, spiny. Areoles brown felted, some with 
extremely long spines, the flowering areoles 
producing flowers for many years growing in 
length to several inches. Flowers funnelform 
with stout tube longer than the limb. Scales 
of tube and ovary with brown wool. Fruit 
ellipsoid or globular the globular areoles with 
wool and spines. 
Since they grow in very dry regions they 
need a very porous soil and attention to water- 
ing. Keep dry in winter. 
Neoraimondia macrostibas. re 
$1.50 
Scarce. 
OREOCEREUS 
These handsome and interesting plants are 
from southern Peru, Bolivia and northern Chile. 
Branching from the base, procumbent or up- 
right some recently described species quite tall. 
Stems strongly ribbed, the areoles with long, 
wispy, coarse white hair and stout, curved, 
often reddish-yellow spines. Flowers slender, 
elongated, curved, red, diurnal. Filaments and 
style exserted. Ovary and flower tube with 
long, narrow scales and long, black and white 
hairs. Fruit globular, spineless, dry. They are 
related to Morawetzia and more distantly to 
Cleistocactus. Splendid plants much prized by 
the fanciers. They are easy to grow and will 
take temperatures as low as 20° without in- 
jury if dormant. 
OREOCEREUS NEOCELSIANUS. A tall, stout 
species with red-brown spines and long white 
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OREOCEREUS TROLLII. A smaller, cluster- 
ing species with considerable cottony white 
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MYRTILLOCACTUS 
A Mexican and Guatemalan genus of short- 
jointed, much branched cacti. The stout 
branches are few-ribbed with short, stout 
spines. Flowers more than one at an areole 
looking like Myrtle blossoms, followed by 
small red berries. A pretty and very distinct 
genus making fine pot or garden plants. They 
have a heavy tap-root. Easy to grow. 
Myrtillocactus geometrizans. Blue Myrtle 
Cactus. Page 20. 
Myrtillocactus cochal. Ready 1952. a 
Myrtillocactus Schenckii. Each ............... 
cause of 
seeds. 
a rich rusty 
plant is found 
tion. 
trated below. 
turnal, 
PSUEDOESPOSTOA 
A monotypic genus erected 
to describe the white haired 
plant found near Lima, Peru. 
Separated from Espostoa be- 
its branching only 
from the base and its shiny 
The psuedocephalium 
is more abundant than in 
other Espostoas and stained 
red. A_ similar 
100 miles 
north of Lima, with long red- 
dish central spines, apparent- 
ly only a geographical varia- 
Psuedoespostoa melanoste- 
le. See Snowball cactus illus- 
Flowers pink or white, noc- 
short-funnelform or 
c campanulate; ovary tubercu- 
late its areoles bearing weak 
bristles or stiff hairs. 
hairy. Pretty trailing or climbing small plants quite suit- 
able for the window garden as they may be trained on a 
ECHINOCEREUS DASYACANTHUS 
A large solitary plant freely producing 
its handsome yellow blossoms. The blos- 
soms are so large as to startle one as 
they are 4-5” across, The color varies 
Fruit 
i . from pale yellow to yellow with a touch 
ee o eee ap hang age an upper shelf. Give of orange, the petals with a faint green 
p y of water and some shade. : : midstripe. The plants in cultivation 
Weberocereus Biolleyi. Less than pencil-thick. Pink sometimes branch. The spines are very 
flowered _.__.... Fae EE est OE EEO ORA at eae ky 35c¢ close and short, the tips tinged red. 
Weberccereus_ trichotus. 
SNOWBALL CACTUS 
Psuedoespostoa melanostele 
Plants are pure white with soft cottony hair. It grows 
rather slowly but retains its whiteness. Where it grows 
wild it gets but little rainfall. Scarce in cultivation due 
to the difficulty of getting seeds. A charming speci- 
men plant. 2” - 24%” specimens 4 years 35¢ 
old $f. Smaller — 50¢ and........... re Te a eae 
ECHINOCEREUS 
The Echinocerei are the North American 
counterparts of Echinopsis and Lobivia belong- 
ing also to the subtribe Echinocereanae. Plants 
are low, erect or prostrate, single or cespitose, 
globular to cylindric. Flowers usually large, 
diurnal or nocturnal, perianth campanulate to 
short funnelform, scarlet, crimson, purple, pink 
or yellow, the tube and ovary always spiny; 
stigma lobes always green; fruit thin-skinned, 
juicy, spiny, the clusters easily detached when 
ripe. 
A large group of small cacti the species dif- 
ficult to identify as many species could better 
be thought of as geographical variations around 
a type. If one collects over a large area many 
plants intermediate between two _ otherwise 
different species will be found. The more speci- 
mens brought together the more difficult it 
becomes to maintain some of the older species 
as entities. This is true of many other cacti. 
From the fancier’s standpoint this certainly 
does not detract from the beauty or interest 
of the divergent forms. The old names are 
handy to identify the particular plant. The 
botanist of course nas an entirely different 
27 
( A very distinct white-hairy 
and spiny new plant with dark pink flowers. Each....35¢ 
sandy soil. 
50c 
Sunny location and quite 
Fiasily grown. Large 5”-6” 75c. 
Smaller biooming plants.... 
zim as he is simply trying to establish rela- 
tionship. That is the sum and substance of 
that branch of botany termed taxonomy. It is 
not an occult science nor yet an exact science 
simply one of common sense. 
Echinocereus amoenus. A small, solitary plant, 
globular with low ribs and short few spines. 
Flowers very bright pink. Charming. Scarce. 
Mature Mexican imports. Each.........--.....--.-- $1 
Echinocereus australis. Scarce.................... $1 
Echinocereus dubius. Clustering with stems 
to 6”. Lovely purple flowers. 50¢€ and__..... 35¢ 
Echinocereus Englemannii. Small_........_... 35c¢ 
Echinocereus Fendleri. Pale pink ............. 40c 
Echinocereus Knippelianus. A fat, almost en- 
tirely spineless small plant with charming pink 
BDIOSSOFNS eee cree eee ek tet eee Bey aa 3 ae ee 715¢ 
Echinocereus longispinus. Long, pale yellow- 
ish spines and large, light purple blossoms. 
Should stand much cold probably zero. 75e¢ 
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GYMNANTHOCEREUS 
A habitat photograph of a species I collected above 
Chiclayo, This maybe G’. chlorocarpus or perhaps a 
new species. It bore a few scraggly, stiff bristles at 
the flowering areoles. Flowers white, nocturnal; fruit 
green, ovoid, with scales. The identity of plants origin- 
ally distributed as G. chlorocarpus (Cereus H.B.K.) 
is obscured by a reecnt statement that it is known 
only from literature. Not available. 
