Echinocereus reichenbachii subsp. fitchii
Common Name(s): Black Lace Cactus, Classen's Cactus, Fitch's Hedgehog, Lace Cactus, Merry Widow Cactus, Purple Candle Cactus
Synonym(s): Echinocactus reichenbachii, Cereus caespitosus, Cereus pectinatus, Echinocereus baileyi, Echinocereus gitchii, Echinocereus perbellus, Echinocereus albispinus, Echinocereus purpureus, Echinocereus melanocentrus, Echinocereus mariae, Echinocereus fitchii
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Original Description: The Cactaceae 3
p.30 - Britton & Rose (1920)Plants short-cylindric or somewhat narrowed above, 8 to 10cm long, 4 to 5 cm in diameter; ribs 10 to 12; low, rounded; areoles 4 to 6 mm apart, small, circular; radial spines about 20, white, spreading, 4 to 6 mm long; central spines 4 to 6, slightly spreading, 12 mm long or less, acicular, brownish, but sometimes white at base; flowers 6 to 7 cm long, pink; perianth-segments, oblanceolate, widely spreading, acute, serrate on the margin; ovary 2.5 cm long, bearing numerous areoles, these spiny and with cobwebby hairs. |
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E. reichenbachii subsp. fitchii
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Picture taken at: Daiv Freeman's Private Collection
Photographer: Daiv Freeman
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E. reichenbachii subsp. fitchii
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Picture taken at: Daiv Freeman's Private Collection
Photographer: Daiv Freeman
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E. reichenbachii subsp. fitchii
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Picture taken at: Gunnar's Private Collection
Photographer: Gunnar Hatletveit
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E. reichenbachii subsp. fitchii
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Picture taken at: Gunnar's Private Collection
Photographer: Gunnar Hatletveit
Photographer's Website: Click Here
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E. reichenbachii subsp. fitchii
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Picture taken at: Private Collection -Baku city, Azerbaijan
Photographer: Ilham Alekperov
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E. reichenbachii subsp. fitchii
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Picture taken at: Private Collection -Baku city, Azerbaijan
Photographer: Ilham Alekperov
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