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Specific Families and Genera => Cacti and Succulents => Topic started by: christian pfalz on May 30, 2010, 11:56:25 AM

Title: Echinocereus
Post by: christian pfalz on May 30, 2010, 11:56:25 AM

hi, some pics from my echinocereus outside...
e. coccineus
(http://i610.photobucket.com/albums/tt188/yuccajoe/Bild004-61.jpg?t=1275216738)
big old example...
(http://i610.photobucket.com/albums/tt188/yuccajoe/Bild004-60.jpg?t=1275216862)
e. coccineus
(http://i610.photobucket.com/albums/tt188/yuccajoe/Bild012-28.jpg?t=1275216934)
e. inermis
(http://i610.photobucket.com/albums/tt188/yuccajoe/Bild006-54.jpg?t=1275216964)
cheers
chris

Title: Re: Echinocereus
Post by: christian pfalz on June 01, 2010, 01:37:19 PM

today in flower, echinocereus triglochidiatus ssp. inermis...
(http://i610.photobucket.com/albums/tt188/yuccajoe/Bild001-47.jpg?t=1275395690)
echinocereus viridiflorus...
(http://i610.photobucket.com/albums/tt188/yuccajoe/Bild002-48.jpg?t=1275395790)
(http://i610.photobucket.com/albums/tt188/yuccajoe/Bild004-63.jpg?t=1275395819)
cheers
chris

Title: Re: Echinocereus
Post by: cohan on June 01, 2010, 06:17:51 PM

Quote from: christian pfalz on June 01, 2010, 01:37:19 PM

today in flower, echinocereus triglochidiatus ssp. inermis...

echinocereus viridiflorus...

cheers
chris

great plants--very colourful in flower and good spines/forms the rest of the time.. do you grow reichenbachii as well?

Title: Re: Echinocereus
Post by: christian pfalz on June 01, 2010, 07:49:32 PM

cohan, i have a lot of echinocereus, also reichenbachii, engelmannii, ledingii etc...
cheers
chris

Title: Re: Echinocereus
Post by: iann on June 02, 2010, 12:32:16 AM

Great flowers.  E. triglochidiatus is by far the best performing cactus I have outdoors but still not as floriforous as yours.

E. engelmannii didn't do well this winter.  At -15C it probably wasn't simply too cold, but with all the snow, ice, and rain I'm still unsure about survivors.

E. viridiflorus and E. davisii flower most years, but they get badly marked over winter.  Also the flowers are a little small on an outdoor plant, so best for people that can still get down on their hands and knees ;D

Title: Re: Echinocereus
Post by: christian pfalz on June 02, 2010, 08:31:25 AM

iann, we have -18°c and the cacti where good, also engelmannii, davidii and all others too. maybe, with a simple rain protection, you don´t have any problems with them....
cheers
cheers
chris

Title: Re: Echinocereus
Post by: ruweiss on June 02, 2010, 10:04:48 PM

Echinocereus polyacanthus

Title: Re: Echinocereus
Post by: iann on June 02, 2010, 10:29:52 PM

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maybe, with a simple rain protection, you don´t have any problems with them....

I have an unheated greenhouse and cold frames, but that's not really the idea :)

Title: Re: Echinocereus
Post by: christian pfalz on June 02, 2010, 10:37:00 PM

iann, full sun and good drained soil is very important...
cheers
chris

Title: Re: Echinocereus
Post by: christian pfalz on June 04, 2010, 01:39:48 PM

hi, echinocereus triglochidiathus ssp. inermis in bloom, i´ve pollinated him yesterday...
(http://i610.photobucket.com/albums/tt188/yuccajoe/Bild007-55.jpg?t=1275655040)
echinocereus russanthus
(http://i610.photobucket.com/albums/tt188/yuccajoe/Bild002-50.jpg?t=1275655154)
(http://i610.photobucket.com/albums/tt188/yuccajoe/Bild001-49.jpg?t=1275655173)
cheers
chris

Title: Re: Echinocereus
Post by: cohan on June 05, 2010, 06:09:33 AM

Quote from: christian pfalz on June 04, 2010, 01:39:48 PM

echinocereus russanthus

cheers
chris

really great colours on this one!

Title: Re: Echinocereus
Post by: Ragged Robin on June 05, 2010, 09:20:17 AM

Christian, your gardens within a garden are full of wonderful surprises and these flowering Echinocereus are amazing and it's interesting to hear how cold tolerant they are if drained properly and in full sun.  It's amazing what survives too for me in the Swiss Alps and I'm picking up plenty of inspiration from your postings  :)

Title: Re: Echinocereus
Post by: christian pfalz on June 05, 2010, 10:09:31 AM

robin, nice to hear that  :)
cheers
chris

Title: Re: Echinocereus
Post by: WimB on June 10, 2010, 01:40:45 PM

Chris,

I'll hijack your thread to show some of the Echinocereus which are flowering here outside.

Echinocereus viridiflorus and
Echinocereus baileyi

Title: Re: Echinocereus
Post by: christian pfalz on June 10, 2010, 01:51:13 PM

wim,
nice plants,  viridiflorus and reichenbachii ssp. are very hard, flowered every year...from viridiflorus i´ve got  self seedlings....
cheers
chris

Title: Re: Echinocereus
Post by: WimB on June 10, 2010, 01:58:21 PM

Quote from: christian pfalz on June 10, 2010, 01:51:13 PM

wim,
nice plants,  viridiflorus and reichenbachii ssp. are very hard, flowered every year...from viridiflorus i´ve got  self seedlings....
cheers
chris

Thanks,

is E. baileyi the same as E. reichenbachii var./ssp. baileyi? If so, what's the correct name?

Cheers

Wim

Title: Re: Echinocereus
Post by: iann on June 11, 2010, 05:55:54 PM

My outside E. davisii is just making buds now, that is always first.  E. viridiflorus has dots that will probably grow into buds.  Not hot enough here!  The other Echinocereus may or may not flower depending on the weather.  I think they get more reliable when they're very big.

E. baileyi is generally called E. reichenbachii ssp baileyi these days, including in the NCL.

Title: Re: Echinocereus
Post by: christian pfalz on June 11, 2010, 11:10:34 PM

wim, e. reichenbachii ssp. baileyi is right, see ianns posting...
cheers
chris

Title: Re: Echinocereus
Post by: WimB on May 30, 2017, 09:59:28 AM

Echinocereus reichenbachii subsp. baileyi f. alibispinus
Echinocereus lloydii
and Echinocereus triglochidiatus

Title: Re: Echinocereus
Post by: Maggi Young on May 30, 2017, 10:38:29 AM

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Echinocereus reichenbachii subsp. baileyi f. alibispinus

is quite a mouthful - but what a glorious flower 8) 8)

Title: Re: Echinocereus
Post by: François Lambert on June 01, 2017, 11:59:50 AM

Christian & Wim,


Great pics you posted here.  They inspire me to try outdoor cactusses as well.  I started this year with sowing seeds of Opuntia humifusa, but will definitely look for seeds of Echinocereus as well now that I know they can spend winter outdoors.