General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Cactus/Succulent
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Dry Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 8b -9.4 °C (15 °F) to -6.7 °C (20 °F)
Flowers: Showy
Nocturnal
Flower Color: Pink
White
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Offsets
Pollinators: Moths and Butterflies
Bats
Containers: Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM
Conservation status: Least Concern (LC)

Conservation status:
Conservation status: Least Concern
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Common names
  • Sea-Urchin Cactus
  • Easter Lily Cactus
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Echinopsis oxygona
  • Synonym: Echinopsis brasiliensis
  • Synonym: Echinopsis adolfofriedrichii
  • Synonym: Echinopsis eyriesii
  • Synonym: Echinopsis derenbergii
  • Synonym: Echinopsis tubiflora subsp. tubiflora
  • Synonym: Echinopsis tubiflora

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Location: Vladivostok, Primorsky Kraj, Russia
Date: 2000
Easter Lily Cactus (Echinopsis oxygona)
Location: Iowa City, Iowa
Date: 2014-07-30
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Botanical Garden near Brussels)
Date: 2010-06-06

Date: 2013-07-30
Location: Iowa City, Iowa
Date: 2014-07-30
My Echinopsis blooming
Location: Vladivostok, Primorsky Kraj, Russia
Date: 2000
Easter Lily Cactus (Echinopsis oxygona)
Location: Central Texas
Date: 2015-05-12
Location: Parchur, Andhra Pradesh, India
Date: 2022-06-26

Date: 2014-09-15
Location: Botanical Garden of Prague
Date: 2015-05-05
Echinopsis adolfo-friedrichi - BG Praag
Location: Parchur, Andhra Pradesh, India
Date: 2022-06-26
Location: Botanical Garden of Prague
Date: 2015-05-05
Echinopsis brasiliensis - BG Praag
Location: Botanical Garden of Berlin
Date: 2012-07-23
Location: Botanical Garden of Berlin
Date: 2012-07-23
Location: Parchur, Andhra Pradesh, India
Date: 2022-06-26

Date: 26 November 2016
Location: Parchur, Andhra Pradesh, India
Date: 2021-05-02
Photo by chhari55
Location: Botanischer Garten Berlin
Date: 2023-05-11
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Botanical Garden near Brussels)
Date: 2013-09-01
Location: Botanical Garden of Vienna
Date: 2016-09-07
Location: Parchur, Andhra Pradesh, India
Date: 2022-06-25
Location: Jakarta
Date: 2021-07-15
Location: Parchur, Andhra Pradesh, India
Date: 2021-05-02

Date: 2022-07-02
Location: Central Texas
Date: 2015-05-12
Photo by chhari55
Location: Potohar, Pakistan.
Location: From my collection. Poland.
Date: 2019-08-18
Location: DISCLAIMER: This is an old photo from an old phone. I don't know why, but the photos look "deep fried". sorry about that.
Photo by sedumzz
Location: National Botanical Garden, DC, Virginia :) | May, 2022
Date: 2022-05-28
Location: Botanical Garden of Berlin
Date: 2012-07-23
Location: In my collection. Poland.
Date: 2017-06-17
Location: In my collection. Poland.
Location: Jakarta
Date: 2021-07-15
Photo by chhari55
Location: Missouri Botanical Garden (Mobot) in St Louis
Date: 2016-06-18
Location: National Botanical Garden, DC, Virginia :) | May, 2022
Date: 2022-05-28
Photo by sedumzz

Date: 2022-03-25
Apparently it was potbound at one point, and the new soil  it use
Location: From my collection. Poland.
Date: 2019-08-18
Location: In my collection. Poland.

Date: July
credit: Nevit Dilmen
Location: In my collection. Poland.
Date: 2017-06-17
Location: Potohar, Pakistan.
Location: Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Date: July
credit: Magnus Manske
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