Echinocereus chloranthus

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Echinocereus chloranthus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Echinocereus chloranthus, Rumpl. (Cereus chloranthus, Engelm.) Fig. 1375. Sts. in small clusters, cylindrical, slightly tapering above, 4-9 in. high by 2-2½ in. diam.: ribs 13-18, straight or rarely spiral: radial spines 12-20, horizontally Spreading and appressed, sharp, the shortest one about ⅜ in. long and white, the lower laterals a little longer and have purple tips; centrals 3-5, or in young plants absent, bulbose at the base, the upper ones shortest, about the length of the radials, and darker colored, with purplish tips, the lower ones stouter, about 1 in. long, deflexed, white; frequently all the spines are white: fls. lateral, little more than 1 in. long; ovary and tube white bristly; petals green: fr. ellipsoidal, about ½ in. long, spiny. Texas and New Mex. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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