Xerophyte

Description

Echinocereus schmollii is a small usually solitary or scarcely branched cactus with tuberous roots and thin, limp stems that in the wild needs the support of some host bush branches, stem tend to snake around when plant is cultivated, if not supported with sticks. Echinocereus schmolliiSN|8675]]SN|8675]] was originality  named and for the long time called Wilcoxia schmolliiSN|8678]]SN|8678]].

Roots

Tuberous.

Note

It apparently looks like some Peniocereus species. However the flowers, fruits, and seeds of Echinocereus schmolliiSN|8675]]SN|8675]] are characteristic for Echinocereus, somewhat comparable to those of Echinocereus reichenbachi.

Flowers

Showy, funnelform pink to magenta near the tips of older stems, 3-5 cm long,5-6 cm in diameter.

Blooming Season

Flowers are easily produced, usually several waves of blooms over the summer.

Spines

Up to 35 very thin, 3-7 mm long, hairlike, pinkish to whitish-grey, reddish at the apex, giving the stem a woolly appearance.

Stem

Pencil-like, thin, cylindrical, initially erect, later sprawling or clambering, purplish to blackish green, 25 cm long, 1 cm in diameter with 9-10 rounded tuberculate ribs.

Fruits

Ovoid or roundish, purplish green and juicy.

Areoles

1.5 mm wide, 2 mm apart