Echinocereus enneacanthus

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Echinocereus enneacanthus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Echinocereus enneacanthus, Engelm. (Cereus enneacanthus, Engelm.). Freely branching at the base of the st. and thus forming thick, irregular clusters: branches ascending, usually 3-5 in. long by 1½-2 in. diam., green or sometimes reddish: ribs 8-10, straight, often divided by transverse grooves into more or less conspicuous tubercles: areoles ⅜-⅝ in. apart, round, white curly- woolly, soon naked: radial spines 7-12 (mostly 8), horizontally spreading, needle-form, straight, stiff, translucent white, base bulbose, the under one longest, reaching about ½ in., the upper one very short; central solitary, or seldom with 2 additional upper ones, straight, porrect or deflexed, round or angled, whitish to straw-yellow or darker, ⅜-1½ in. long; later all the spines are gray: fls. lateral, from near the crown or lower, 1¾-2½ in. long, red to purplish: fr. spherical, green to red, spiny, ¾-1 in. long. Texas and 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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