Echinocereus merkeri

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Echinocereus merkeri in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Echinocereus Merkeri, Hildmann. Sts. at first upright, columnar, later reclining and by branching at the base forming clusters, in new growth bright green, later gray to gray-brown and corky: ribs 5-9, undulate to more or less tuberculate: areoles ¾ in, and more apart, round, white velvety, later naked: radial spines 6-9, the upper ones the longest, reaching 1¼ in. length, somewhat confluent with the centrals, subulate, spreading, straight; centrals 1-2, stronger, reaching a length of 2 in.: all the spines are white, nearly transparent, with red-tinted bulbose base. N. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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