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Habitat:
sunny
mountain ranges of Mexico.
Description: small spherical cacti with a large number of wavy ribs,
up to one hundred, small, short-tubed flowers. Some have been moved into the
Stenocactus genus, others into Echinocactus.
Soil: basic mix.
Location: grow in filtered light in the summer, dappled shade for
spineless species; full sun for all during the winter.
Temperature: they resent air humidity and low temperatures. Keep the
minimum at 8°C (46°F) or so.
Water: average but controlled.
Cultivation tips: reasonably easy. Plants cross-pollinate by
themselves quite often. Fertilize once a month and raise from seed.
Main species: E. coptogonus is quite distinctive among the
genus along with E. multicostatus (syn.
Stenocactus m.);E.
pentacanthus; E. albatus; E. crispatus; E. phyllacanthus; E. erectocentrus;
E. zacatecasensis.
Echinofossulocactus coptogonus Echinofossulocactus lamellosus Echinofossulocactus pentacanthus
Echinofossulocactus coptogonus
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