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Oreocereus doelzianus
Oreocereus doelzianus is a columnar cactus from the high Andes of Peru, forming shrubby clumps of olive-green stems covered in spines and a woolly cephalium that flowers at the top. It is grown for its distinctive hairy top and needs bright light and very free-draining soil.
Oreocereus doelzianus is a species of cacti native to Peru.
Oreocereus doelzianus is distributed in the Peruvian regions of Huancavelica and Ayacucho at altitudes of 2500 to 3000 meters.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Oreocereus doelzianus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
