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Rainbow cactus (Echinocereus rubrispinus)

 

The subspecies 'rubispinus' is a small columnar cactus with very short pink spines. When mature it will form a clump about two 60cm wide by 25cm tall. The flower is huge up to 10cm wide in bright pinkish-red or magenta or red with white throats. It blooms in ring on the crown of the stem in spring.

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Uploaded on August 13, 2017
Taken on August 12, 2017