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Cristate or “crested†saguaros is an unusual mutation that forms when the cells in the growing stem begin to divide outward, rather than in the circular pattern of a normal cactus, resulting in the growth of a large fan-shaped crest at the growing tip of a saguaro`s main stem or arms.