Origin and Habitat: Garden origin (Nursery produced cultivar)

• Cleistocactus cv. Hunke Klein Gelbe tip 1
• Hildewintera cv. Hunke Klein Gelbe tip 1

Description: Cleistocactus cv. Cleistocactus cv. Hunke Klein Gelbe tip 1 (best known as Hildewintera cv. Hunke Klein Gelbe tip 1) is prolific clumping cactus with arching, pendant, or trailing stems that can grow up to 1 m long and 2,5-4 cm wide with many branches. It is an hybrid plant involving Cleistocactus winteri (the Golden Rat Tail) and an unknown Echinopsis sp. It produces a profusion of beautiful small-sized yellow-orange flowers at a time, and is quite a sight. Magnificent bloomers, the flowers can endure for two-three days (depending on temperature and sun exposure).
Flowers: Small sized, short-tubed.
Inner tepals: Yellow-orange.
Outer tepals: Lanceolate-linear, orange flushed with pink.
Filaments: Reddish.
Anthers: Cream-violet.
Stigma lobes: Creamy-white.

Notes: HILDEWINTERA HYBRIDS: Hildewimtera aureispina (now renamed Cleistocactus winteriSN|3784]]SN|3784]]i) is an old species that can be hybridized with various cactus of several different genus (Among them: {{Echinopsis, Lobivia, Matucana}}, etc) giving rise to some intergeneric hybrids.
Hildewintera hybrid develops really amazing flowers of different colours on the original pendulous "hildewintera" body and many of these hybrids have cultivar names. This plants form soon spectacular clumps with several flowers at a time and are quite a sight.
Remarks: They are often thicker, stronger, larger growing than H. aureispina and tend not to have the typical thin stemmed offsets. The offsets produced are more strongly attached to the main stems.

Cultivation and Propagation: This is an easily grown cactus, suited to hanging baskets as well as pots. Grow in well-drained soil in a sunny spot. This Echinopsis needs a period of cool rest in winter to produce flowers abundantly. It flowers freely indoors if conditions suit it. The plant survives outside without protection in winter (cold hardy to -8° ) but is then somewhat prone to rot, too.
Needs moderate water in summer, none in winter. Watch for infestations of mealybug, scale insects and spider mite.

Propagation: Easy to propagate from offsets. The offsets can be detached and planted immediately as they root easily with no assistance when they touch the ground. Just let them lay on the soil and you have a new start.