Echinocactus whipplei

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Echinocactus whipplei in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Echinocactus Whipplei, Engelm. Fig. 1371. Globose-ovate, 3-5 in. high, 2-4 in. diam.: ribs 13-15 (often oblique), compressed and tuberculately interrupted: radial spines usually 7, compressed, straight or slightly recurved, ½-⅗ in. long, lower ones shorter than the others, all white excepting the two darker lowest laterals; central spines 4, widely divergent, the uppermost one flattened, straight and white, 1-1⅗ in. long, turned upward in the plane of the radials (completing the circle of radials), the others a little shorter, quadrangular-compressed, dark brown or black, becoming reddish and finally ashy, the 2 laterals straight, the lowest one stouter and sharply hooked downward: fl. greenish red. N. Ariz. Fig. 1371 is adapted from the Pacific Railroad Report. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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