Echidnopsis

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Echidnopsis in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Echidnopsis (viper-like, alluding to the serpent- like sts.). Asclepiadaceae. A few species of leafless succulents of Trop. Afr. and Arabia, not sufficiently distinguished from Caralluma; allied to Stapelia, which see for cult. None of the species seems to be in the trade. The sts. are many-angled and tessellate, bearing small mostly fascicled fls. in the grooves: corolla rotate or approaching campanulate, 5-lobed, fleshy, yellow or purple-brown; stamina! column very short and arising from the base of the corolla, and bearing the corona. The following species have recently been mentioned in garden literature: E. cereiformis, Hook. f. is 6 in. high, with elongated cylindrical serpentine or pendulous sts. and bright yellow fls. in fascicles. B.M. 5930. E. Dammanniana, Spreng. not Schweinf., is similar but has dork brown-purple fls. Nile Land. E. Bentii, N. E. Br., has 7-8-ribbed sts. ¾ in. or less diam. and vinous-purple fls. in pairs toward the tips of the branches. S. Arabia. B.M. 7760. E. somalensis, N. E. Br., has columnar cereus-like shrubby cylindrical 6-8-furrowed branches, and nearly sessile dark purple yellow-spotted fls. solitary or in 2's or 3's. Somaliland. B.M. 7929. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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References

Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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