Accepted Scientific Name: Echinocereus reichenbachii subs. armatus (Poselg. ex Engelm.) N.P.Taylor
Cactaceae Consensus Init. 3: 9. 1997

Cereus pectinatus var. armatus (Echinocereus reichenbachii subs. armatus) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
Delicious little collector cactus from Mexico. This cactus has large, pretty pink flowers with a clearer often greenish center. It's beauty makes it particularly desirable to collectors.
Origin and Habitat: Mexico (Nuevo Leon: Monterrey)
Type locality: Mountains not far away from Monterrey,
Habitat: Grows on limestone terraces, altitude 550-700 (1500) m.
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Description: Single or branching at the base when old.
Stems: Green, up to 20 (40) cm tall, 7-10 cm in diameter
Ribs: approx.15- 20, width 5-10 mm.
Roots: Fibrous.
Areoles: Elongated elliptic.
Central spines: 1 or 2 sharpen, light brown, darkly tipped.
Radial spines: Up to 23, clearer white-brownish to white-greyish straight, closely pectinate.
Blooming Habits: Appearing next to the stem tip, scented magenta-pink, with somehow darker midstrips, more brightly to green in the throat, 7-12 cm long and in diameter. Filaments light green, stylus and anther dark green.
Fruits: Oval green-brownish. Ripe two month after blooming.
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Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Echinocereus reichenbachii group
Echinocereus baileyi var. brunispinus Backeb.: No central spine with brown, intelacing, bristly, radials spines. Distribution: Oklahoma.
Echinocereus melanocentrus J. Lowry: same as: Echinocereus reichenbachii subs. fitchii
Echinocereus oklahomensis Lahman: It is one of the local forms of Echinocereus reichenbachii subs. baileyi distinguished by having 20-24 radial spines only 2 cm long and 0-2 centrals. Distribution: south-west Oklahoma.
Echinocereus pailanus Fritz Schwarz ex Backeb.: has fine-textured pinkish-red or pink-brown pectinated spines. distribution Coahuila, (Sierra Paila)?
Echinocereus reichenbachii (Terscheck ex Walp.) Haage jr. ex Britton & Rose: Small solitary or slowly branching cylindrical shaped cactus.It has 20 to 36, white to tan pectinatd radial spines held closely against the the ribs of the stems, organized in 2 series. Central spines usually absent.
Echinocereus reichenbachii var. albertii L.D.Benson: This cactus has large, pretty pink flowers with a very dark center. It has dark cental spines 0, or 1, 2 to 3 mm long, purple-black in colour. The 14 to 20 radial spines are white with dark purple tips number, straight, closely pectinate, 3 to 6 mm long.
Echinocereus reichenbachii var. albispinus (Lahman) L.D.Benson: This is a form of Echinocereus baileyi with white to delicately pinkish spines, up to 1-2 cm long.
Echinocereus reichenbachii f. albispinus hort. non Lahman: It is intermediates between Echinocereus baileyi and Echinocereus reichenbachii subsp. caespitosus. It has white neat comb-like short spination. It is one of the smaller Echinocereus species.
Echinocereus reichenbachii subs. armatus (Poselg. ex Engelm.) N.P.Taylor: This cactus has large, pretty pink flowers with a clearer often greenish center. It has 1 or 2 sharpen, light brown, darkly tipped spines.
Echinocereus reichenbachii subs. baileyi (Rose) N.P.Taylor: No central spine with about 16 intelacing radials spines, that are bristly spreading and variously coloured, white, yellowish, fox red, brown or pink. Distribution: Oklahoma, Texas.
Echinocereus reichenbachii f. brevispinum hort.: short spined form.
Echinocereus reichenbachii subs. caespitosus (Engelm.) W.Blum & Mich.Lange in W.Blum et al.: The so called "caespitosus" is the form found in central Texas. Usually this plants lack central spines and are weakly distinguished from typical "reichenbachii".
- Echinocereus reichenbachii var. castaneus (Engelm.) nov. comb. ined.
Echinocereus reichenbachii f. cristatus hort.: Crested form.
Echinocereus reichenbachii subs. fitchii (Britton & Rose) N.P.Taylor: has brown central spines, much longer than white radials and large flower, slightly scented, pink-purple with dark burgundy centre. Distribution: Starr, Webb, and Zapadta Co., Texas
Echinocereus reichenbachii subs. perbellus (Britton & Rose) N.P.Taylor: It has 0-1 central spine, fewer than 20 radials, and elliptic areoles; Range: Colorado, New Mexico, and central Texas.
Echinocereus reichenbachii var. purpureus (Lahman) D.Parker: intermediate between Echinocereus baileyi and Echinocereus caespitosus, has reddish neat comb-like spines with bright purple flowers. Distribution: Oklhoma
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Notes: The taxonomic and geographic boundaries among the segregate species or infraspecific taxa of Echinocereus reichenbachiiSN|7575]]SN|7575]] remain nebulous and controversial. In no place do pure populations exist sympatrically, and all taxa appear completely interfertile.
Bibliography: Major references and further lectures
1) Edward F. Anderson (2001) “ The Cactus Family”.
2) Curt Backeberg “Cactus Lexicon” Sterling Publishing Company, Incorporated, 1978
3) David Hunt, Nigel Taylor “The New Cactus Lexicon” DH Books, 2006 ISBN 0953813444, 9780953813445
4) Del Weniger “Cacti of the Southwest: Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana” University of Texas Press, 1969
5) James Cullen, Sabina G. Knees, H. Suzanne Cubey “The European Garden Flora Flowering Plants: A Manual for the Identification of Plants Cultivated in Europe, Both Out-of-Doors and Under GlassCambridge University Press, 11/ago/2011
6) Lyman David Benson “The Cacti of the United States and Canada” Stanford University Press, 1982
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Cereus pectinatus var. armatus (Echinocereus reichenbachii subs. armatus) Photo by: Peiffer Clement
Cereus pectinatus var. armatus (Echinocereus reichenbachii subs. armatus) Photo by: Cactus Art
Cereus pectinatus var. armatus (Echinocereus reichenbachii subs. armatus) Photo by: Cactus Art
Cereus pectinatus var. armatus (Echinocereus reichenbachii subs. armatus) Photo by: Cactus Art
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Read More... Cultivation and Propagation: Cultivation: In culture E. pectinatus is without problems and regularly shows its beautiful flowers if we provide an adequate winter rest period. It is sensitive to overwatering (rot prone) needs good drainage, Keep drier and cool in winter. Need full sun; Cold resistant hardy to -5° (-10°) C or less for short periods of time.
Propagation: Seeds or cutting (if available