It is commonly called the “Powder Puff Cactus” and “Snowball Cactus”, because of its appearance like a cotton ball as the small round plant is covered with silky white hairs. Mammillaria bocasana is a clumping cactus, often forming large mounds. Powder Puff Cactus ( Mammillaria bocasana) It does not tolerate excessive humidity, so reduce watering progressively in the fall, and avoid watering in winter. In warm areas, you have to water occassionally in winter as long as it doesn’t rain.įertilize weekly in the watering season, with a mineral fertilizer, especially in flowering. It does not need much fertilizer, being of medium nutritional needs.
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The Peruvian Old Man Cactus needs full sun or direct sun exposure, although it also works well in semi-shade. It supports high temperatures well. “Espostoa lanata” by dogtooth77 is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0īeneath the bristles or hairs, lie hidden sharp spines. The stems are cylindrical, erect with a trunk 6 to 12 cm in diameter. The stems are 12-20 cm in diameter. It is a slow-growing, tree-shaped cactus that branches off at the top over the years. It reaches from 2 to 5 meters in height in adult specimens. It can grow between 800 and 2,000 meters of altitude. It is also known as Peruvian Snowball Cactus, Woolly Cactus, and Peruvian Old Man Cactus. Its name derives from its general appearance, hairy or woolly, being covered by long bristles that surround it and give it that woolly appearance. The Espostoa lanata is a cactus of American origin, more precisely from the desert areas of Ecuador, Peru and even Bolivia. It is a columnar cactus that can reach several meters in height.
Peruvian Old Man Cactus ( Espostoa lanata) If you want to increase the growth of “white hair” you can provide lime-rich mineral fertilizer in spring and summer. Water very moderately and never wet the plant directly. It is advisable to put gravel on the surface so as not to accumulate moisture. The soil could be a mixture of 1/2 coarse sand and another 1/2 of leaf mulch. Young plants do not withstand less than 10 ☌ but adult plants can withstand up to 6-7 ☌. These plants need a very sunny exposure to develop their “mane” well. They are also interesting in individual pots. The old man cactus is a slow-growing cactus that is used to create mini gardens along with other cacti. “Cephalocereus senilis” by Sindy Nero is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 Although in pots they do not usually bloom, if they do they produce large white flowers that open at night in mid-spring and early summer. The most interesting thing about these plants is their curious thorns in the form of gray hairs that protect them from the cold. The old man cactus is a columnar cactus that can sometimes branch and reach 1 meter in height (in nature they reach 15 meters). As the name implies, it has grayish-white, distinctive, long, wooly hairs that look like a beard of an old man. The old man cactus is one of the most popular type of hairy cactus. These include avoiding plant water loss or being able to capture dew water, insect protection, or perhaps protection against over-exposure to light or adverse weather conditions.īelow are some fuzzy cactus types: Old Man Cactus ( Cephalocereus senilis) Like the wax of many succulent leaves, the hairs of some cacti are part of their adaptation to the environment and their functions are varied and even contraposed. The hairs are more or less delicate plant organs, which can perform various functions in plants. Some species of cacti have small hairs that occur in different forms depending on the species-short, long, very soft or a little harder.
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