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Oreocereus celcianus and trolli and what not ID

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I still got a confusion and I would hope some of the wonderful cactus aware people here might put an end on this, or put the basis for any comparison,,,

here is what I am supposed to label as O.celsianus

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and here is what I am supposed to label as O. trollii

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what about O.pseudofossulatus ? would that be a candidate for the "celcianus"

or its more propable that its what circulates in the nursery cirucit of europe?

Let me know if you agree, because these are 2 specimens with totally different type of hair each

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Oreocereus celsianus, "Old Man of the Andes", Desert Botanical Gardens, Phoenix, AZ:

(I only took a picture of the sign and base, not the tip, DOH!!! I'll be going back there in a few weeks)

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Oreocereus pseudofossulatus "Old Man of the Mountains", Desert Botanical Gardens, Phoenix, AZ

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In case it's difficult to see in the photos, the celsianus columns are much fatter than the pseudofossulatus.

@Sagi,

In my opinion you have the correct label on the O. celsianus.

These are all slow growing and supposedly O. celsianus is one of the more cold-tolerant plants that can handle USDA zone 7b weather.

Peace,

Hcc

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Thanks for contribution.. I think I have them labels right yeah. They're commercial nursery specimens after all.

One thing that seems to be totally different, of another type, is the type of hair, wool. And pseudofossulatus seems more like celcianus , than trollii...

Nice to know O. celcianus is relatively cold hardy, I intended to transplant mine. And yeah they seem to have a more erect habit that trolli that seem to also go crawling too. O.trolli is not so hardy IME.

some book on O.trolli

"some people feel that this may simply be a high altitude of O.celcianus and its true that in some places in argentina there are populations to which it is difficult to assign a name"

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Here are some more photos of different O. celscianus

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This one has less hair:

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