Species · genus Borzicactus · Cactaceae

Monkey's Tail

Cleistocactus colademononis (Diers & Krahn) Mottram

Also known as: Monkey Tail Cactus

Growth habit

succulent subshrub or lithophyte

Native range

Bolivia

Reference · C. colademononis

Cultivars of C. colademononis

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No named cultivars catalogued under C. colademononis yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.

Guide

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A Bolivian cactus that grows as a succulent subshrub or on rock faces, with trailing, densely white-haired stems adapted to bright, exposed sites and fast-draining ground. Give it a gritty, sharply draining mix and water deeply only when the soil has dried out completely, allowing roughly 2 to 4 weeks between waterings and stretching longer in cool or dim conditions. Water when the mix is dry all the way through, since standing moisture rots the roots and stem base.

Care recipe

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Care notes are early — not yet verified

Light: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Water: ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 14-28d)
Humidity: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Soil: ai:claude-fable-5
Care: ai:claude-fable-5

Light

Direct sun

Water

≈ every 28 days

Humidity

Low — average room

Temperature

10–30 °C

Soil mix

Gritty, fast-draining cactus mix

Propagation

Stem cuttings allowed to callus before potting

Fertilizing

Dilute cactus feed once or twice in summer

Growth rate

Slow

Flowering

Deep red tubular flowers on mature, well-lit plants

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Not yet documented

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Sources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 14-28d) · ai:claude-fable-5

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