Big flowers
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Big flowers
Echinocerus reichenbachii :Castaneus:sb553.
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Georgous flower sheila
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There were two Anttun.
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Re: Big flowers
Don't you just love Echinocereus flowers! My Echinocereus rigidissimus ssp. rubrispinus is in flower at the moment, one of my favourites:
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Re: Big flowers
Gorgeous Diane, I find it amazing that with many of these plants wether it be echinopsis, echinocereus etc etc the plants themselves are pretty bland but they throw out the most beautiful flowers, nature is a wonderful thing
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PhilW wrote:Gorgeous Diane, I find it amazing that with many of these plants wether it be echinopsis, echinocereus etc etc the plants themselves are pretty bland but they throw out the most beautiful flowers, nature is a wonderful thing
Echinopsis yes! (bland)
But Echinocereus? rigidissimus and a number of others have amazing spination and are attractive even if they never flower!!!!!!
Especially interested in Mesembs. small Aloes and South African miniatures and bulbs.
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Re: Big flowers
I would think the "blandest" stemmed Echinocereus are the pentalophus/procumbens group, but to make up for it they have the largest flowers 100-120mm (4-4.75 inches) long and 100-125mm (4-5 inches) diameter.
http://www.cactus-art.biz/schede/ECHINO ... lophus.htm
http://www.cactus-art.biz/schede/ECHINO ... lophus.htm
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Re: Big flowers
Which is lucky, because mine never flowerBrianMc wrote:But Echinocereus? rigidissimus and a number of others have amazing spination and are attractive even if they never flower!!!!!!
I think you have to keep them in a cool greenhouse overwinter to flower them, they just wont flower in my greenhouse that stays at 15c over winter. I think this year I'm going to kick them into the unheated conservatory. My other Echinocereus just live outside and flower every year as a result.
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Most echinocerei preffer colder winter in order to flower. Some even quite cold. I have e. pentalophus, about 30 years old, that has never flowered. My guess was it needs less than 5-7 C but I wasn't willing to take that risk.
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