Echinocereus scopulorum subs. pseudopectinatus
Echinocereus Monogr. (preprint) [9] (1998)
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Echinocereus scopulorum subs. pseudopectinatus
Author
(N.P.Taylor) W.Blum & Mich.Lange in W.Blum et al. Maire
Chinese genus
鹿角柱属
Chinese name
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Accepted
DescriptionEdit description
Habit
Plants solitary, rarely few branched.
Central Spines
(0-)1-4(-5), sometimes in two vertical series, whitish, erect, projecting, (1-)2-4(-15) mm long,
Description
Echinocereus pseudopectinatusSN|21864]]SN|16478]] is a great favourite in collections particularly priced for its dull pink spines and very showy huge magenta blooms. It is distinguished for its unusually thin, bristlelike spines clothing the flowers and fruits.
Flowers
Funnelform, from near the top of plant, magenta, to 5-8(-11) cm long, (6-)7-9(-10) cm in diameter. Flower tube 15-25 long, 8-20 mm in diameter; flower tube hairs 3-5 mm; inner tepals purplish pink with obscurer proximal portion and midstripes, 35-45 long and 10-22 mm broad, tips relatively thin and delicate; anthers dark yellow; nectar chamber to 3 mm.
Blooming Season
Spring, fruiting 2 months after flowering.
Spines
13-17 per areole, stiff and straight, white to dull pink, or grey, becoming grey with dark tips.
Ribs
(13-)15-16(-19), slightly tuberculate, crests slightly undulate.
Stem
Erect, short cylindrical, light green, to 20 cm high and 4-6 cm in diameter, partially obscured by spines.
Radial Spines
12-15, whitish, spreading, 9-12 mm long, appressed to spreading.
Fruits
Globose 15-23 mm in diameter, dark green, brownish tinged turning red, spiny, pulp white.
Areoles
Elloptical, 4-8 mm apart.