Bolivicereus Cristata

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The Bolivicereus Cristata is a distinctive crested cactus, easy to grow and displayed in a pot, adding style to any space.
Close-up of Bolivicereus Cristata cactus with yellow spines in a black pot and gray pebbles, showing its unique clustered oval pads.
Close-up of Bolivicereus Cristata, a green crested cactus with yellowish spines in a rocky pot, other cacti softly blurred behind.
Close-up of a Bolivicereus Cristata cactus in rocky soil with green pads and yellow spines, easy to grow; similar cacti in background.
Close-up of a Bolivicereus Cristata cactus showing green, spiny segments in a pebble-filled pot with similar pots blurred in the background.
Close-up of a Bolivicereus Cristata cactus in a pot, featuring green crested pads and yellowish spines in gravel soil with blurred cacti behind.
Close-up of a Bolivicereus Cristata cactus with oval green pads and yellowish spines in small rocks, set against a blurred tiled background.
Bolivicereus Cristata cactus with thick, paddle-shaped segments and yellowish spines in a black pot with white gravel.
Close-up of Bolivicereus Cristata, a green, spiky crested cactus in a red pot with white rocks, outdoors with blurred greenery and sky.
Close-up of Bolivicereus Cristata cactus with fine spines in a red pot with light gravel, outdoors, ideal for easy-care plant lovers.
Close-up of a Bolivicereus Cristata cactus with spiky crested green stems in a small pot with white pebbles, soft greenery blurred behind.
Close-up of Bolivicereus Cristata with green, crested, twisting shapes in a pot of white rocks. Blurred outdoor background visible.
The Bolivicereus Cristata cactus is easy to grow and stands out as a unique, attractive display plant in a decorative pot.
Close-up of Bolivicereus Cristata, a green spiky cactus with oval pads in a pot with light pebbles, outdoors and easy to grow.
Close-up of a green Bolivicereus Cristata cactus with fuzzy white spines in a brown pot of rocks, set against blurred plants outdoors.
Close-up of a Bolivicereus Cristata cactus cluster with green, spiky crests and brown spines in a red pot with rocks.
Close-up of Bolivicereus Cristata cacti with green, spiky crests in a red pot with white rocks and a softly blurred plant background.
Close-up of a Bolivicereus Cristata crested cactus with spined stems in a red pot with white rocks, set against a clear blue sky.
The Bolivicereus Cristata is a distinctive crested cactus, easy to grow and displayed in a pot, adding style to any space.
Close-up of Bolivicereus Cristata cactus with yellow spines in a black pot and gray pebbles, showing its unique clustered oval pads.
Close-up of Bolivicereus Cristata, a green crested cactus with yellowish spines in a rocky pot, other cacti softly blurred behind.
Close-up of a Bolivicereus Cristata cactus in rocky soil with green pads and yellow spines, easy to grow; similar cacti in background.
Close-up of a Bolivicereus Cristata cactus showing green, spiny segments in a pebble-filled pot with similar pots blurred in the background.
Close-up of a Bolivicereus Cristata cactus in a pot, featuring green crested pads and yellowish spines in gravel soil with blurred cacti behind.
Close-up of a Bolivicereus Cristata cactus with oval green pads and yellowish spines in small rocks, set against a blurred tiled background.
Bolivicereus Cristata cactus with thick, paddle-shaped segments and yellowish spines in a black pot with white gravel.
Close-up of Bolivicereus Cristata, a green, spiky crested cactus in a red pot with white rocks, outdoors with blurred greenery and sky.
Close-up of Bolivicereus Cristata cactus with fine spines in a red pot with light gravel, outdoors, ideal for easy-care plant lovers.
Close-up of a Bolivicereus Cristata cactus with spiky crested green stems in a small pot with white pebbles, soft greenery blurred behind.
Close-up of Bolivicereus Cristata with green, crested, twisting shapes in a pot of white rocks. Blurred outdoor background visible.
The Bolivicereus Cristata cactus is easy to grow and stands out as a unique, attractive display plant in a decorative pot.
Close-up of Bolivicereus Cristata, a green spiky cactus with oval pads in a pot with light pebbles, outdoors and easy to grow.
Close-up of a green Bolivicereus Cristata cactus with fuzzy white spines in a brown pot of rocks, set against blurred plants outdoors.
Close-up of a Bolivicereus Cristata cactus cluster with green, spiky crests and brown spines in a red pot with rocks.
Close-up of Bolivicereus Cristata cacti with green, spiky crests in a red pot with white rocks and a softly blurred plant background.
Close-up of a Bolivicereus Cristata crested cactus with spined stems in a red pot with white rocks, set against a clear blue sky.

Bolivicereus Cristata

Garden origin (Nursery produced cultivar)

This is a strong and easy to grow crested cactus. It forms large growing green fan-like stems.
Stem: Fat, it can form in age a large convoluted mound and can reach a considerable size (up to 50 cm tall and in diameter, or more )
Areoles: Small, roundish, orange-yellow.
Spines: It has short bristly pale-yellowish spines all quite similar in shape.

Cultivation and Propagation: It is of easy cultivation. Require full sun or half shade. The plants on their own roots should be kept in a deep pot with a very draining mineral substrate. But be particularly careful with watering, which all crested plant require (rot sensitive). Keep dry during the winter rest. Since they are rapid growers, and need plenty of space for their roots, repotting should be done every other year or when the plant has outgrown its pot. Watering during the active growing season (spring and summer); this will encourage steady growth, and prevent the crest from becoming flabby.
Propagation: Division of large mounded plants


Some of the information in this description has been found at desert-tropicals.com, llifle.com and cactus-art.biz

Growth Rate

Slow growth

Mature Size

12 inches

Sun Exposure

Full sun (6+ hrs.)
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Bolivicereus Cristata

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Bolivicereus Cristata

Garden origin (Nursery produced cultivar)

This is a strong and easy to grow crested cactus. It forms large growing green fan-like stems.
Stem: Fat, it can form in age a large convoluted mound and can reach a considerable size (up to 50 cm tall and in diameter, or more )
Areoles: Small, roundish, orange-yellow.
Spines: It has short bristly pale-yellowish spines all quite similar in shape.

Cultivation and Propagation: It is of easy cultivation. Require full sun or half shade. The plants on their own roots should be kept in a deep pot with a very draining mineral substrate. But be particularly careful with watering, which all crested plant require (rot sensitive). Keep dry during the winter rest. Since they are rapid growers, and need plenty of space for their roots, repotting should be done every other year or when the plant has outgrown its pot. Watering during the active growing season (spring and summer); this will encourage steady growth, and prevent the crest from becoming flabby.
Propagation: Division of large mounded plants


Some of the information in this description has been found at desert-tropicals.com, llifle.com and cactus-art.biz

Growth Rate

Slow growth

Mature Size

12 inches

Sun Exposure

Full sun (6+ hrs.)
Attribute Value
Botanical Name Bolivicereus Cristata
Dormancy winter
Family Cactaceae
Genus Bolivicereus
Growth Habit wavelike shape
Growth Rate Slow growth
Mature Size 12 inches
Sun Exposure Full sun (6+ hrs.)

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