Perennials, Tropicals > Borzicactus > Borzicactus celsianus > Borzicactus celsianus
Borzicactus celsianus
Old Man of the Andes
Origin: Argentina.
| Family |
| Cactaceae |
| Genus |
| Borzicactus |
| Species |
| celsianus |
| Category |
| Perennials, Tropicals |
| Synonyms |
| Oreocereus celsianus |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 9b - 11 |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| Requires cool season protection under glass. |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H3 - H1c |
| Temperature (°C) |
| 5 |
| Temperature (°F) |
| 36 |
| Height |
| 0.2 - 0.6 m |
| Spread |
| 0.3 - 0.5 m |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| Landscape |
| Small indoor cacti collections or as a specimen under glass or indoors. |
| Cultivation |
| Plant in loose, well-draining cactus mix, gravelly or sandy soils in full sun to partial shade. |
| Shape |
| Clump-forming to upright. |
| Growth |
| Slow |
| Habitat |
| Dry plains and rocky deserts. |
| Bark/Stem Description |
| Smooth glabrous succulent flesh covered in a dense coating of wooly, hair-like fibres. Areoles present, 2 - 3 mm in diameter with small spines. |
| Colour Description |
| Covered in a dense coating of tan to creamy white hair-like fibres. Deep green to medium green succulent bark. |
| Texture Description |
| Soft, thorny. |
| Notable Specimens |
| Centennial Conservatory, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. |
| Propagation |
| Division.or stem cuttings. |
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