Oreocereus celcianus, Old Lady Cactus, Large Grower

Oreocereus celcianus is a Peruvian montane species that can tolerate low temps and extremely arid environments. Medium to tall columnar cactus that clumps. Fur all over the top new growth! Nice chunky ribs, easy grower. 4" pots. Shipped bare root. 

Taxonomy Info:

Homotypic Synonyms

Borzicactus celsianus (Salm-Dyck) Kimnach in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 32: 59 (1960)

Cereus celsianus (Salm-Dyck) Orcutt in W. Amer. Sci. 13: 63 (1902)

Cleistocactus celsianus (Salm-Dyck) F.A.C.Weber in Cleistocactus: 16 (1904)

Echinopsis celsiana (Salm-Dyck) Anceschi & Magli in Cactusinhabitat S. Amer. 2011/2013: 38 (2013)

Pilocereus celsianus Salm-Dyck in Cact. Hort. Dyck.: 185 (1850)

Heterotypic Synonyms

Borzicactus fossulatus (Labour.) Kimnach in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 32: 59 (1960)

Cereus bruennowii (J.N.Haage ex C.F.Först. & Rümpler) Mottet in Dict. Prat. Hort. 1: 581 (1892-1893)

Cereus fossulatus (Labour.) Mottet in Dict. Prat. Hort. 1: 581 (1892-1893)

Cereus tupizensis Vaupel in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 26: 124 (1916)

Cleistocactus tupizensis (Vaupel) Backeb. in Kakteen-Freund 3: 123 (1934)

Oreocereus celsianus var. bruennowii (J.N.Haage ex C.F.Först. & Rümpler) Borg in Cacti (Borg), ed. 2: 154 (1951)

Oreocereus celsianus var. lanuginosior Salm-Dyck ex Riccob. in Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Palermo 8: 260 (1909)

Oreocereus fossulatus (Labour.) Backeb. in Blätt. Kakteenf. 1(6): 6 (1934)

Oreocereus fossulatus var. gracilior (K.Schum.) Backeb. in Cactac.: Handb. Kakteenk. 2: 1032 (1959)

Oreocereus fossulatus var. lanuginosior (Salm-Dyck ex K.Schum.) W.T.Marshall in Cactaceae Ill. Keys: 105 (1941)

Oreocereus fossulatus var. rubrispinus F.Ritter in Kakteen Südamerika 2: 697 (1980)

Oreocereus maximus Backeb. in Desert Pl. Life 21: 8 (1949)

Oreocereus neocelsianus Backeb. in Desert Pl. Life 21: 6 (1949)

Oreocereus neocelsianus var. ruficeps Y.Itô in Cactaceae: 179 (1981), without type.

Oreocereus neocelsianus var. villosissimus Y.Itô in Cactaceae: 178 (1981), without type.

Pilocereus bruennowii J.N.Haage ex C.F.Först. & Rümpler in Handb. Cakteenk., ed. 2: 651 (1885)

Pilocereus brunnowianus Moerder in Rev. Hort. (Paris) 67: 451 (1895)

Pilocereus brunnowii F.Haage ex Nichols. in Ill. Dict. Gard. 3: 127 (1886)

Pilocereus celsianus f. auratus K.Schum. in Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 180 (1897)

Pilocereus celsianus var. bruennowii (J.N.Haage ex C.F.Först. & Rümpler) K.Schum. in Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 180 (1897)

Pilocereus celsianus var. foveolatus (Labour. ex Lem.) Schelle in Handb. Kakteenkult.: 101 (1907)

Pilocereus celsianus var. gracilior K.Schum. in Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 180 (1897)

Pilocereus celsianus var. lanuginosior Salm-Dyck ex K.Schum. in Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 180 (1897)

Pilocereus celsianus var. williamsii (Lem.) K.Schum. in Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 180 (1897)

Pilocereus fossulatus Labour. in Rev. Hort. (Paris), sér. 4, 4: 25 (1855)

Pilocereus foveolatus Labour. ex Lem. in Rev. Hort. (Paris) 11: 428 (1862)

Pilocereus kanzleri J.N.Haage ex C.F.Först. & Rümpler in Handb. Cakteenk., ed. 2: 671 (1885)

Pilocereus williamsii Lem. in Rev. Hort. (Paris) 11: 428 (1862)

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