Cactaceae
Old man of the mountain
Cleistocactus buchtienii
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Cleistocactus
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 山吹雪
- English
- Old man of the mountain
- Swedish
- Piggrörkaktus
Synonyms
- Cereus tupizensis Vaupel
- Cleistocactus angosturensis Cárdenas
- Cleistocactus ayopayanus Cárdenas
- Cleistocactus buchtienii var. flavispinus Cárdenas
- Cleistocactus ressinianus Cárdenas
- Cleistocactus sucrensis Cárdenas
- Cleistocactus tupizensis (Vaupel) Backeb.
- Cleistocactus tupizensis (Vaupel) Backeb.
- Cleistocactus tupizensis var. sucrensis (Cárdenas) Backeb.
- Echinopsis buchtienii (Backeb.) Anceschi & Magli
Flowers
- In flower
- September to December (from 31 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: jose_balderrama, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: jose_balderrama, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: fernando vilar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: jose_balderrama, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: fernando vilar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fernando Vilar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Naturalist Tours, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: C T Johansson, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.