Echinocereus fitchii var. armatus

Endangered

CITES App. II

Echinocereus fitchii var. armatus

Mesa Garden Seed Catalogue 1996 nom. nud.

Family

Cactaceae

Genus

Echinocereus

Species

Echinocereus fitchii var. armatus

Author

Chinese genus

鹿角柱属

Chinese name

Primary

Echinocereus reichenbachii subs. armatus

Accepted

Echinocereus reichenbachii subs. armatus

DescriptionEdit description

Central Spines

1 or 2 sharpen, light brown, darkly tipped.

Description

Single or branching at the base when old.

Roots

Fibrous.

Blooming Season

Appearing next to the stem tip, scented magenta-pink, with somehow darker midstrips, more brightly to green in the throat, 7-12 cm long and in diameter. Filaments light green, stylus and anther dark green.

Ribs

approx.15- 20, width 5-10 mm.

Stem

Green, up to 20 (40) cm tall, 7-10 cm in diameter

Radial Spines

Up to 23, clearer white-brownish to white-greyish straight, closely pectinate.

Fruits

Oval green-brownish. Ripe two month after blooming.

Areoles

Elongated elliptic.

Endangered

CITES App. II