Oreocereus trollii f. variegata

Solitary cactacea plant, consisting of globular bodies when young, which in age tend to grow in height up to one meter. The stems are of a beautiful light green, with yellow variegations that hide among the thick and long hair, making each piece unique and sought after by collectors from all over the world. This wool, for which it has become such an unmistakable cactus, is nothing more than the result of the evolution of the central thorns, which have taken on this aspect to protect the plant from frosts and the strong sun of the mountain environments from which it comes. Precisely for this white covering and for its provenance it has also been nicknamed "the old man of the Andes".