Green Pitaya aka New Mexico Hedgehog (Rainbow)-

Echinocereus viridiflorus

The Plant w/Flowers

The Flower


Description

"Echinocereus viridiflorus is a species of cactus known by the common names nylon hedgehog cactusgreen pitaya, and small-flowered hedgehog cactus. It is native to the central and south-central United States and northern Mexico, where it can be found in varied habitat types, including desert scrubwoodlands, dry grasslands, and short-grass prairie.[1]

This cactus has a small spherical or cylindrical stem 3 centimeters to over 30 centimeters tall and up to 9 centimeters wide. It is mostly unbranched but it may occur in squat clusters of several branches. The body of the plant is ridged and lined with many areoles bearing spines. The spines may be red, yellow, white, purplish, or bicolored, sometimes with darker tips. The flower is up to 3 centimeters long and has tepals in shades of yellowish, brownish, greenish, or occasionally red, with darker reddish midstripes. The tepals are thin at the tips.[1]." (Wikipedia)


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