Columnar Cacti - Weberbauerocereus

Weberbauerocereus

Weberbauerocereus: A ceroid cactus complex from Peru considered to be intermediate between Trichocereus and Loxanthocereus. Flowers can resemble Trichocereus or Loxanthocereus or somewhere in between. Named by Backeberg after Prof. August Weberbauer who did extensive research in the Peruvian Andies. Some species still rare in cultivation.

Weberbauerocereus albus: (Ritt.) Peru dept. Ancash FR571 2200-2500m

Weberbauerocereus callanus: PCH4951

Weberbauerocereus cuzcoensis: FR662
Cuzco provence-Ocros Peru 2200m.

Weberbauerocereus fascicularis: (Meyen) Backbg. (T.) KK407 S. Peru near Arequipa 2500-2800m.

Weberbauerocereus weberbaueri: (K. Sch.) Backbg. KK409 S. Peru near Arequipa 2500m.

Weberbauerocereus johnsonii: (Ritt.) Peru provence Cajamarca, Zangal FR570 2200m.

Weberbauerocereus rauhii: (Backbg.) KK544 S. Peru Nazca & Pisco valleys 1000-2000m.

Weberbauerocereus weberbaueri aureispina

Weberbauerocereus weberbaueri var. aureispina: (Rauh.& Backbg.) KK411 S. Peru near Arequipa & Cerros de Caldera 1800m.

Weberbauerocereus weberbaueri var. horridus: (Rauh.& Backbg.) Arequipa Peru KK413 3000m.

Weberbauerocereus seyboldianus Rauh & Backbg.
S.Peru, Chachani Volcano, above Caima
(Photo and collection Tony Mace)

Weberbauerocereus winterianus: (Ritt.) Peru Dept. La Libertad, Provence Otusco FR165 2200-2500m.

Weberbauerocereus longicomus (Ritt.) FR656 Peru Provence Cajamarca, Puente Crisnejas.
Flowering for the first time in 2002 in the collection of Tony and Suzanne Mace. Plant approxinately 5m high.