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Cephalium is a
frequently brightly coloured structure of wool and
bristle at the
growing tip of
certain cacti. It is most
commonly found on
cacti of the...
- the
correct genus name.
Mature plants are
easily recognizable by
their cephalium, a wool- and bristle-coated
structure at the apex of the plant, containing...
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Islands in the
Turks and
Caicos are
named after this cactus,
whose red
cephalium resembles the fez worn by
Turkish men in the late
Ottoman Empire. A stylised...
- apex of the
adult plants,
there is a
wooly cephalium,
white or
shaded with
yellow or grey. The
terminal cephalium, up to 4
centimeters high, is
slightly depressed...
- The 10 to 20
radial spines are up to 3 cm (1.2 in) long. The
terminal cephalium consists of long, white, wavy
hairs and whitish-yellow
bristles up to...
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surrounded by an area of sound-absorbent and
woolly hairs called the
cephalium,
which absorbs the bat's
ultrasound instead.
Flowers are also specialized...
- are
named after the Turk's cap cactus,
Melocactus intortus,
whose red
cephalium resembles the fez hat worn by
Turks in the late
Ottoman Empire. The first...
- "
cephalium" when
mature – a
dense m**** of
areoles covered with wool and
spines at the tip of the stem.
Flowers are
produced only from the
cephalium. Melocactus...
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usually well
developed and have
large areoles,
usually bearing spines.
Cephalium is not present; C. mortensenii
develops pseudocephalium. The
flowers are...
- color, and can
reach anywhere from 2 to 3 cm (1 inch) in length. The
cephalium is brown, with
white wool and thorn-like bristles, and
grows up to 10 cm...
