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Very long flowers, about 20 cm, brilliant white to light pink.
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Description:
The
stems is
globose to
elongate up to 30 cm high with 8 to
12 -ribs.
Spines: Almost spineless or with very short cream
spines.
Flowers:
These cacti produce gorgeous, night-blooming, white
funnel-shaped, fragrant flowers with long
tubes 15-22 cm long. Old plant may have
many flowers at a time. This species
blooms from late spring to all summer long, the flowers open
on the morning of the first day
and remain opened all the night long but last
only one day in full beauty, at the second day they start to wither.
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This Echinopsis is almost spineless or with very short cream spines and
produces gorgeous, night-blooming, white fragrant flowers up to 22 cm
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Family:
Cactaceae (Cactus
Family)
Scientific Name: Echinopsis subdenudata Cárdenas
1956
Origin: Bolivia,Paraguay
Synonyms:
Common Names:
- Easter Lily Cactus
- Night-blooming Hedge-hogs
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Cultivation: The
Easter Lily cactus is a summer grower species that offers no cultivation
difficulties. Water regularly in summer (but do not
overwater ) needs good drainage and very porous soil, keep rather
dry in winter.
Feed with a high potassium
fertilizer in summer.
It is quite frost resistant if kept dry (hardy to -7° C).
Need a bright exposure, full sun
or half shade in summer.
Propagation: Direct sow after last frost, offsets.
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Photo of conspecific taxa,
varieties, forms and cultivars of Echinopsis subdenudata.
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