Echinocereus rigidissimus ssp. rubrispinus

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Re: Echinocereus rigidissimus ssp. rubrispinus

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Wow Diane
I didn't even know that there was a white flowered variation of this popular plant! It looks fab!
I hate to be a pedant, but the correct subspecies name for this plant is ssp. rubispinus (ie not rubRispinus)
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No problem, David! You are, of course, quite correct, and my mistake.
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echino rubispinus albiflora 1.JPG
My white one has just flowered but all the other Echinocereus are only just up to the stage when the buds burst through the body.

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That’s early, Stuart! Mine are a long way off flowering yet.
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Good to hear Stuart's plant is early, as along with a bunch of tiny seedlings I have two of these which I hope might flower for the first time this year. Your plant looks stunning, Stuart (tu)
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Christian wrote: Thu Apr 29, 2021 11:53 pm Good to hear Stuart's plant is early, as along with a bunch of tiny seedlings I have two of these which I hope might flower for the first time this year. Your plant looks stunning, Stuart (tu)
My biggest one has been showing buds for a few weeks now, I still think it's a couple of weeks off flowering. I expect it will be another year to wait for a couple of smaller ones which don't have any signs of buds.
I'm regretting not getting seeds for the white flowered form as well now.
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That's a lovely plant and a very good photo! (tu)
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JonNo wrote: Thu Apr 29, 2021 7:29 pm
el48tel wrote: Tue Jun 02, 2020 8:06 pm
JonNo wrote: Tue Jun 02, 2020 7:47 pm

Forgive me saying it el48tel but I'm glad its not just me then! Does the "rib spreading" go all the way around your plant, like it does on mine? It's hard to see past the spines on mine as they're so closely meshed together, but where they're "spread" I can't see any signs of splitting. The "spreading" seems a bit more acute one side of the plant, so I'm wondering if its to do with sunlight? It is very curious...
My plant is almost identical to yours!
Forgive me el48tel, we're now almost a year on and I was just wondering how your plant fared - did it recover its shape, or expire?...
No need to apologise.
I seem to have two plants .... similar but not the same. And both seem to have fared well.
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Stuart
Excellent
Endeavouring to grow Aylostera, Echinocereus, Echinopsis, Gymnocalycium, Matucana, Rebutia, and Sulcorebutia. Fallen out of love with Lithops and aggravated by Aeoniums.
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Haven't you propagated it Stuart or is it freely available I white form
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