Columnar Cacti

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Morawetzia

Morawetzia: (Backeb.) Different than Oreocereus because of the apical cephalium consisting of hairs and bristles and becoming clavate at the apex. Flowers arise from this cephalium.

M.doelziana
Morawetzia doelziana: Backbg.(T.)
Peru near Mariscal Caceres
in the direction of Ayacucho.
M.sericata
Morawetzia sericata: (Ritt.) FR1309
E. of Cordillera Huaytapallana Ayacucho, La Mar Peru

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