General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Cactus/Succulent
Life cycle: Perennial
Flowers: Showy
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Containers: Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth

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Common names
  • Argentine Giant
  • Manca Caballos
  • Alava
  • Hachon
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Soehrensia candicans
  • Synonym: Echinopsis candicans
  • Synonym: Trichocereus candicans
  • Synonym: Echinopsis lamprochlora
  • Synonym: Echinopsis pseudocandicans

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Location: Summerwinds nursery Scottsdale, Arizona Date: 2016-01-03
Location: Summerwinds nursery Scottsdale, Arizona Date: 2016-01-03
Location: Botanical Garden of Berlin Date: 2015-11-09
Location: Botanical Garden of Bochum Date: 2015-08-13 Echinopsis (Syn. Trichocereus) candicans - BG Bochum
Location: Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona Date: 2015-11-17
Location: Western Washington Date: 2017-11-30
Location: Cordoba, Argentina Natural growth in a mountain area
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Botanical Garden near Brussels) Date: 2016-01-26
Location: Botanical garden UG, Gent, Belgium Date: 2015-09-06
Location: Found in North Central Phoenix residential neighborhood. Date: 2012-06-05 Bloom is beginning to open.
Location: Kew Gardens Date: 2017-10-09
Date: 2011-05-29 photo credit: Bill Weaver
Location: Found in North Central Phoenix residential neighborhood. Date: 2012-06-01 Bud stage in my area (Phoenix, AZ, USA) lasts for about a week be
Location: Found in North Central Phoenix residential neighborhood. Date: 2012-06-05 Full bloom.
Location: Found in North Central Phoenix residential neighborhood. Date: 2012-06-05 Underside of the bloom. I like the architectural quality.
Location: Botanical garden UG, Gent, Belgium Date: 2015-09-06
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