Publication: Cactaceae Consensus Init. 5: 12. 1998 [see also: W.Blum in W. Blum et al., Echinocereus (preprint) [8] (1998)]
Description
Generally slowly clumping geophytic cacti. During drought time this species shrinks into the ground.
Stems: Usually small 2-6 cm in diameter, 2-5 cm tall with 9 ribs.
Spines: 5 to 8 flailing hairlike spines.
Flowers: Magenta to cream-white, funnelform, on the sides at the base of the stems, up to 8 cm in diameter.
Roots: Tap root
Origin and Habitat
Mexico (Oaxaca): “Dto. Coixtlahuaca, entre Magdalena Jicotlán y Tepelmeme de Morelos, Villa
Typical Locality: Mexico, Oaxaca, between Magdalena Jicotlan & Tepelmeme de Morelos, Arias, Guzman-Cruz & Gama 958, 29 Oct. 1991 (MEXU).
Cultivation and Propagation
It has a strong tap root and should have a deep pot to accommodate it. Needs porous well drained soil, water carefully, too much water will make it rot. Keep dry at minimum temperature of 5° C in winter although will tolerate brief periods to -10 degrees.
Sun Exposure: Full sun to light shade.
Propagation: It grow easily from seed or cutting (if available)
Bibliography
Major references and further lectures
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Edward Anderson “The Cactus family” Timber Press, Incorporated, 2001
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James Cullen, Sabina G. Knees, H. Suzanne Cubey “The European Garden Flora Flowering Plants: A Manual for the Identification of Plants Cultivated in Europe, Both Out-of-Doors and Under Glass” Cambridge University Press, 11/Aug/2011
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David R Hunt; Nigel P Taylor; Graham Charles; International Cactaceae Systematics Group. “The New Cactus Lexicon” dh books, 2006
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Nathaniel Lord Britton, Joseph Nelson Rose “Cactaceae: Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family” Courier Dover Publications, 1963
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