Echinocereus subinermis


Second bloom, at its peak

Great banner Stefan!

Beautiful!

This should be called "Lemon Chiffon", it's so pretty. Great banner!

Amazing banner Stefan!

Tbh I am very content with getting this bloom. Ive long yearned to even see an echinocereus bloom, as opposed to the more common echinopsis flowers. Thank you for the likes.

Spectacular, Stefan!
Could we please see the whole plant, too?

EscondidoCal said:Spectacular, Stefan!
Could we please see the whole plant, too?

How about a progression and different angles?

Perfect! Thanks!
Ever since Baja's echinopsis banner last year,
I've become enamored with these compact cacti that
put out such beautiful blooms.

They look very similar to echinopsis, but in general seem to
have longer spines, though yours is almost spine-less.
Less = better.

Not sure what separates the two genera (?)
Both can take colder temps, richer soil, & need more water
than desert cacti.

There's a special anticipation for me when I see them start
to bud. I've tried to do a time lapse, but haven't mastered it yet.

EscondidoCal said:Perfect! Thanks!
Ever since Baja's echinopsis banner last year,
I've become enamored with these compact cacti that
put out such beautiful blooms.

They look very similar to echinopsis, but in general seem to
have longer spines, though yours is almost spine-less.
Less = better.

Not sure what separates the two genera (?)
Both can take colder temps, richer soil, & need more water
than desert cacti.

They are very genetically different from one another. Echinopsis, and to extension matucana and cleistocactus, are among the many south american genera, which are more tightly knit together than the north american counterparts(one group being ferocactus, mammillaria and similar related genera, and the other being mostly cereoids(pachycereus, stenocereus, carnegiea(saguaro) as well as echinocereus).
Echinocereus is among both the spiniest and the least spiny cacti you can find


Looks spiny but its nearly harmless


ive had this , no blooms though

this is well
we dont have photos of this
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Also, if you want something different from echinopsis

Thanks, Stefan, good to know......all new to me.
I used to grow epiphyllum from seed,
also very amazing blooms.
But I like the compact growth of the echinocereus & echinopsis, et al
even more.

re: Peyote verde......get more than just blooms?

EscondidoCal said:Thanks, Stefan, good to know......all new to me.
I used to grow epiphyllum from seed,
also very amazing blooms.
But I like the compact growth of the echinocereus & echinopsis, et al
even more.

re: Peyote verde......get more than just blooms?

Not related.

Yes, distantly related, but the blooms are very similar
to some of the echinocereus & echinopsis. At least
I couldn't tell them apart if only shown the bloom.

I find echinocereus & echinopsis much more interesting
plants, e.g. the shapes, symmetry of spines.

The blooms are icing on the cake.

EscondidoCal said:Yes, distantly related, but the blooms are very similar
to some of the echinocereus & echinopsis. At least
I couldn't tell them apart if only shown the bloom.

I find echinocereus & echinopsis much more interesting
plants, e.g. the shapes, symmetry of spines.

The blooms are icing on the cake.

No.... I wouldnt call them similar.... Echinocereus blooms are "full" where as echinopsis flowers are more like a hollow tube, closer to that of cereus and hylocereus///

and




They are much more differently built physiologically(longer flower tubes, different arrangement of stamens and pistil, spines vs hair, color of pistil etc....
If you were to look at it that way, all core cacti would be similar to some extent

Stefan,
sorry couldn't reply sooner.
Thanks for the extra pics.....I see the differences now.

I started with 8 echinopsis last year....one ('Los Angeles') in a pot by itself,
and seven all in an 18" pot.....a bit crowded but doing well so far.

I'll probably separate them this winter, or at least putting
3 in a pot, and 4 in another.

Some have put out many pups.
Should I take them off and pot individually or leave them on the mother plant?





This little dark green one in the middle has bloomed more
than any of the others.

Imo a lot of these plants prefer to clump solo. I think crowded pots are very prolific at blooming