Echinocereus reichenbachii

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Lace Cactus
Echinocereus reichenbachii
Echinocereus reichenbachii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Tribe: Pachycereeae
Genus: Echinocereus
Species: E. reichenbachii
Binomial name
Echinocereus reichenbachii

The popular name of Echinocereus reichenbachii is Lace Cactus (due to the look of the spines). This cylindrical shaped cactus generally grows solitary in Mexico and Southern USA. It has been found as far north as Oklahoma.

Echinocereus reichenbachii is one of the smaller echinocereus species. Under good conditions it will grow to a height of 15cm / 6in with a diameter of 6cm / 2½in.

The purple or pink flowers bloom in late spring and reach a width of up to 7cm / 3in.

Echinocereus reichenbachii is cold-hardy and endures frost as long as it is kept dry.

[edit] Other names

Echinocereus caespitosus, Echinocereus purpureus, Echinocereus armatus.


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