Echinocereus pectinatus

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Echinocereus pectinatus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Echinocereus pectinatus, Engelm. (Cereus pectinatus, Engelm.). Clustered sts. cylindrical or ovoid, reaching a height of 10 in. by 3 in. diam.: ribs 13-23, straight: radial spines 16-30, pectinate, horizontally spreading and appressed, straight or curved, the laterals longest, round, hardly ⅜ in. long; central usually absent, or as many as 5, which are short, conical and superposed, white, with tips and bases variously colored with pink, yellow or brown; later all become gray: fls. lateral, from near the crown. 2½-4 in. long; ovary tuberculate and spiny, light to dark rose-red or rarely white: fr. globose, spiny, green to reddish green. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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