Xerophyte

Central Spines

One ti sometimes several or absent, grey with dark tip.

Description

Echinopsis bridgesiiSN|7565]]SN|31121]], is a shrubby cactus species forming clumps of three to six stems with masses of white trumpet-shaped flowers in the summer. Two subspecies of Echinopsis bridgesiiSN|31121]]SN|31121]] are recognized. Subspecies yungasensis tends to be somewhat smaller than subspecies bridgesii and occurs near Coripata.

Note

Do not confound with Trichocereus bridgesiiSN|7567]]SN|7567]] which is a synonym of Echinopsis lageniformisSN|31121]]SN|7565]].

Flowers

White, trumpet-shaped 15-18 cm long.

Stem

Globose to shortly cylindrical, to 40 cm high and 13 cm acrosss.Ribs; 9-12, prominent, not notched.

Radial Spines

8-10, very unequal, brownish.

Areoles

Large, brown.