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Accession Data:

Cleistocactus strausii (Hesse)Backeb.

  • Common Name: Silver Torch
  • Family: Cactaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Bolivia and Argentina

  • Description: This erect columnar cactus is native to Bolivia and reaches up to 10 ft (3 m) in height. Quick and simple to grow, it has multiple, grayish green stems, covered with fine yellowish spines mixed with abundant long white bristle. Profuse deep red, cylindrical flowers develop straight from the stems in late summer, but only on older plants. This species likes full sun and extremely porous soil. Older plants may need staking or they tend to fall over.
  • Culture: They are mostly robust plants which are easily grown in well-drained soil in a sunny spot. They are moderately frost and drought resistant but may be susceptible to mealy bug and spider mite. Propagate from cuttings or seed.
  • USDA Zone: 9-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198502128
  • Source: Unknown
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 2216 - XER:Atacama Fog Desert
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 05-28-2024
  • Restrictions:
    • CITES Appendix II Listed Plant

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: core eudicots
  • Order: Caryophyllales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Cactaceae
  • SubFamily: Cactoideae
  • Tribe: Cereeae
  • SubTribe: Trichocereinae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
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References (internal):

  • Bird Pollination (ornithophily)
  • Pollination Syndrome Scavenger Hunt

References (external):

  1. Botanica, Turner & Wasson, 1997, CD-ROM Version
  2. Image #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) from Wikipedia. No attribution information given. Last accessed on Monday, March 05, 2018.

data regenerated on Tue, 15 Oct 2024 10:24:17 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Cleistocactus strausii

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Current Accessions in the Cactaceae

Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Cacteae

  • Ariocarpus fissuratus
  • Astrophytum capricorne
  • Astrophytum myriostigma
  • Astrophytum ornatum W/C
  • Coryphantha cornifera W/C
  • Coryphantha difficilis
  • Coryphantha maiz-tablasensis W/C
  • Echinocactus grusonii
  • Echinocactus texensis W/C
  • Epithelantha micromeris W/C
  • Escobaria vivipara W/C
  • Ferocactus cylindraceus W/C
  • Ferocactus echidne W/C
  • Ferocactus glaucescens
  • Ferocactus glaucescens W/C
  • Ferocactus gracilis
  • Ferocactus pilosus
  • Leuchtenbergia principis
  • Mammillaria bocasana
  • Mammillaria bombycina
  • Mammillaria compressa
  • Mammillaria compressa
  • Mammillaria glochidiata W/C
  • Mammillaria gracilis ssp. minima
  • Mammillaria gracilis ssp. minima
  • Mammillaria hertrichiana W/C
  • Mammillaria hertrichiana W/C
  • Mammillaria magnimamma
  • Mammillaria mystax
  • Mammillaria parkinsonii W/C
  • Mammillaria petterssonii W/C
  • Mammillaria plumosa
  • Mammillaria scheideana W/C
  • Mammillaria uncinata W/C
  • Mammilloydia candida W/C
  • Ortegocactus macdougallii
  • Rhipsalidopsis gaertneri
  • Stenocactus crispatus W/C
  • Stenocactus lamellosus W/C
  • Thelocactus rinconensis W/C
  • Turbinicarpus jauernigii

Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Cereeae

  • Cereinae: Cereus forbesii
  • Cereinae: Cereus hildmannianus W/C
  • Cereinae: Cereus repandus
  • Cereinae: Cereus repandus var. monstrosus
  • Cereinae: Cipocereus bradei
  • Cereinae: Disocactus flagelliformis
  • Cereinae: Melocactus azureus
  • Cereinae: Melocactus cf. disciformis
  • Cereinae: Melocactus ernestii
  • Cereinae: Melocactus intortus W/C
  • Cereinae: Melocactus matanzanus
  • Cereinae: Pilosocereus magnificus
  • Cereinae: Pilosocereus pachycladus W/C
  • Cereinae: Pilosocereus polygonus W/C
  • Cereinae: Pilosocereus purpusii
  • Cereinae: Pilosocereus sp.
  • Rebutiinae: Browningia hertlingianus
  • Rebutiinae: Gymnocalycium capillaense W/C
  • Rebutiinae: Gymnocalycium gibbosum W/C
  • Rebutiinae: Gymnocalycium monvillei ssp. achirasense W/C
  • Rebutiinae: Gymnocalycium pflanzii W/C
  • Rebutiinae: Gymnocalycium quehlianum W/C
  • Rebutiinae: Rebutia minuscula W/C
  • Rebutiinae: Uebelmannia pectinifera
  • Trichocereinae: Acanthocalycium klimpelianum W/C
  • Trichocereinae: Acanthocalycium klimpelianum W/C
  • Trichocereinae: Cleistocactus baumannii ssp. santacruzensis
  • Trichocereinae: Cleistocactus fieldianus W/C
  • Trichocereinae: Cleistocactus strausii
  • Trichocereinae: Discocactus placentiformis
  • Trichocereinae: Echinopsis ancistrophora ssp. arachnacantha
  • Trichocereinae: Echinopsis atacamensis W/C
  • Trichocereinae: Echinopsis aurea W/C
  • Trichocereinae: Echinopsis aurea W/C
  • Trichocereinae: Echinopsis aurea
  • Trichocereinae: Echinopsis calochlora
  • Trichocereinae: Echinopsis camarguensis
  • Trichocereinae: Echinopsis eyriesii
  • Trichocereinae: Echinopsis subdenudata
  • Trichocereinae: Echinopsis thionanthum W/C
  • Trichocereinae: Espostoa ritteri W/C
  • Trichocereinae: Espostoa senilis
  • Trichocereinae: Haageocereus chryseus W/C
  • Trichocereinae: Haageocereus salmonoides
  • Trichocereinae: Harrisia regelii W/C
  • Trichocereinae: Harrisia taetra W/C
  • Trichocereinae: Lobivia pygmaea
  • Trichocereinae: Matucana calliantha
  • Trichocereinae: Matucana madisoniorum
  • Trichocereinae: Oreocereus celsianus W/C
  • Trichocereinae: Oreocereus cf. celsianus
  • Trichocereinae: Trichocereus grandiflorus
  • Trichocereinae: Weberbauerocereus rauhii W/C

Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Copiapoinae

  • Copiapoa cinerea W/C
  • Copiapoa cinerea var. haseltoniana
  • Copiapoa coquimbana W/C
  • Copiapoa echinoides
  • Copiapoa echinoides W/C
  • Copiapoa humilis
  • Copiapoa hypogaea W/C
  • Copiapoa laui W/C
  • Copiapoa montana
  • Copiapoa montana W/C
  • Copiapoa unidentified
  • Frailea cf. pygmaea

Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Notocacteae

  • Neoporteriinae: Austrocactus spiniflorus
  • Neoporteriinae: Eriosyce napina W/C
  • Neoporteriinae: Eulychnia breviflora W/C
  • Neoporteriinae: Eulychnia breviflora
  • Neoporteriinae: Eulychnia saint-pieana
  • Notocactinae: Parodia comarapana
  • Notocactinae: Parodia formose var. prolifera
  • Notocactinae: Parodia haselbergii ssp. haselbergii
  • Notocactinae: Parodia leninghausii
  • Notocactinae: Parodia magnifica
  • Notocactinae: Parodia ottonis

Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Phyllocacteae

  • Corryocactinae: Neoraimondia arequipensis W/C
  • Echinocereinae: Acanthocereus tetragonus
  • Echinocereinae: Carnegiea gigantea W/C
  • Echinocereinae: Carnegiea gigantea
  • Echinocereinae: Cephalocereus euphorbioides
  • Echinocereinae: Cephalocereus quadricentralis W/C
  • Echinocereinae: Cephalocereus senilis
  • Echinocereinae: Echinocereus cinerascens W/C
  • Echinocereinae: Echinocereus nivosus
  • Echinocereinae: Echinocereus pentalophus
  • Echinocereinae: Echinocereus scheeri ssp. scheeri W/C
  • Echinocereinae: Echinocereus subinermis
  • Echinocereinae: Echinocereus subinermis ssp. ochoterenae
  • Echinocereinae: Escontria chiotilla
  • Echinocereinae: Lophocereus sp.
  • Echinocereinae: Lophocereus schottii
  • Echinocereinae: Stenocereus humilis
  • Echinocereinae: Stenocereus stellatus
  • Hylocereinae: Epiphyllum hookeri subsp. guatemalense
  • Hylocereinae: Epiphyllum oxypetalum
  • Hylocereinae: Epiphyllum phyllanthus W/C
  • Hylocereinae: Hylocereus costaricensis
  • Hylocereinae: Pseudorhipsalis micrantha
  • Hylocereinae: Selenicereus anthonyanus
  • Hylocereinae: Selenicereus chrysocardium
  • Hylocereinae: Selenicereus grandiflorus
  • Hylocereinae: Selenicereus wittii W/C

Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Rhipsalideae

  • Hatiora cylindrica
  • Hatiora herminiae W/C
  • Hatiora salicornioides
  • Lepismium cf houlletianum
  • Lepismium cruciforme
  • Lepismium warmingianum
  • Rhipsalis baccifera ssp. horrida
  • Rhipsalis burchellii
  • Rhipsalis cereuscula
  • Rhipsalis cf rhombea
  • Rhipsalis elliptica
  • Rhipsalis juengeri
  • Rhipsalis lorentziana W/C
  • Rhipsalis mesembryanthemoides
  • Rhipsalis oblonga
  • Rhipsalis pachyptera
  • Rhipsalis paradoxa
  • Rhipsalis pentaptera
  • Rhipsalis pilocarpa
  • Rhipsalis teres

Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Trichocereeae

  • Weingartia frey-juckeri
  • Yungasocereus inquisivensis

Subfamily Maihuenioideae

  • Maihuenia patagonica W/C

Subfamily Opuntioideae
Tribe Austrocylindropuntieae

  • Austrocylindropuntia cylindrica
  • Austrocylindropuntia vestita
  • Cumulopuntia sphaerica

Subfamily Opuntioideae
Tribe Cylindropuntieae

  • Cylindropuntia kleiniae
  • Grusonia bradtiana W/C
  • Pereskiopsis porteri

Subfamily Opuntioideae
Tribe Opuntieae

  • Opuntia articulata
  • Opuntia brasiliensis
  • Opuntia fragilis
  • Opuntia humifusa W/C
  • Opuntia microdasys "Monstrose"
  • Opuntia microdasys
  • Opuntia microdasys var. lutea
  • Opuntia microdasys ssp. rufida
  • Opuntia picardoi
  • Opuntia pycnantha
  • Opuntia quitensis
  • Opuntia schickendantzii
  • Opuntia sp.

Subfamily Opuntioideae
Tribe Tephrocacteae

  • Maihueniopsis atacamensis W/C
  • Tephrocactus bonnieae W/C

Subfamily Pereskioideae
Tribe Pereskieae

  • Pereskia aculeata
  • Pereskia grandifolia
  • Pereskia quisqueyana W/C
  • Pereskia sacharosa
W/C = Wild Collected
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