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Golden rat-tail cactus

Cleistocactus winteri

Photo by MartinL
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Field Notes

Description:

A bright orange flower on this long stemmed cactus.

Habitat:

Pot plant

Reference Links:

Cleistocactus winteri

Species ID Suggestions

Rattail cactus

Aporocactus flagelliformis/ Disocactus flagelliformis

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Leuba Ridgway
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Comments (4)
MartinL
Thanks for your comments and ID. I'm not that good at the botanical side, especially exotics.
Leuba Ridgway
martinl, If you checked just the images of A. flagelliformis on Google, you'll see a photo of a plant similar to yours. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_tail_cactus
Mark Ridgway
It's that time of year eh martinl.. nice flower.

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