Very particular flower with white petals that fade into purple at the tip. The tip of the petal is more o less elegantly curled in a unique and characteristic way.
Flower to 14 cm across. Petals white with pure white midrib. Outer petals and sepals projecting beyond inners, some outers and all sepals with light grey midstripe. Throat-circle, filaments and stigma white. Stem semicolumnar, to about 8.5 cm in diameter.
Clumping Echinocereus, forming low bushes with slender erect stem. It is generally uncommon in collections, but easy to grow and ready flowering. Large pink flowers in spring.
Peculiar and rare variety with brown-purple epidermis, the intensity of the colors increases with exposure to sunlight and in winter with cooler temperatures. Pink-purple flowers.
Stem branching vigorously from the base, forming large clumps or cushions. In habitat, the bodies are much compact and very spiny. Flowers at the apex, long lasting, yellow with a subtle red mid-stripe or occasionally pinkish.
A very spiny, clump-forming species with robust stems and numerous needle-like spines; The central spines are longer and sharper, dull white to brownish with darker tips. Flowers with long spiny tubes and red-orange petals.
