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Morangaya pensilis (K.Brandegee) G.D.Rowley
Ashingtonia 1(4): 44. 1974
Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Echinocereus pensilis (K.Brandegee) J.A.Purpus
Monatsschr. Kakteenk. xviii. (1908).

Morangaya pensilis (Echinocereus pensilis) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
It is a very untypical Echinocereus that does not take on the usual hedgehog shape. It is long and vine-like with slim, pendant sprawling stems, usually tangled with many branches up to 250 cm long rare in cultivation; it bears beautiful scarlet flowers definitely a hanging basket job!

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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Snake Cactus, Pitayita Hanging Cactus
SPANISH (Español): Pitayita




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