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Echinocactus parryi Engelm.
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 276. 1856
Family: CACTACEAE

Echinocactus parryi Photo by: Agócs György
Rebutialand cactus collection Demjén, Hungary.

Synonyms:

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Echinocactus polycephalus group

  • Echinocactus parryi Engelm.: similar in morphology to Echinocactus polycephalus but distinct by the solitary manner of growth and whiter spines. Distribution: Northern Chihuahua.
  • Echinocactus polycephalus Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow: (subsp. polycephalus) has spines covered with fine hairs, and forms clumps of 20-30 heads. Distribution: widespread at lower elevations in the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts in California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona, and northwestern Sonora.
  • Echinocactus polycephalus subs. xeranthemoides (J.M.Coult.) N.P.Taylor: has spines glabrate, and usually grows in unsymmetrical clumps rarely exceeding 12 stems and is sometimes solitary. Distribution: Arizona and southern Utah.


27116 RapCactus Raimondo Paladini
Echinocactus parryi Photo by: Raimondo Paladini
16435 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
SB59 Cuidad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

27115 RapCactus Raimondo Paladini
Echinocactus parryi Photo by: Raimondo Paladini
26075 Ilham Prof. Ilham Alakbarov
Echinocactus parryi Photo by: Prof. Ilham Alakbarov

15553 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Echinocactus parryi Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
14440 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Wet spines. Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

27114 RapCactus Raimondo Paladini
Echinocactus parryi Photo by: Raimondo Paladini
14438 cactus-art Cactus Art
Grow it in a very draining mineral soil and provide good ventilation (especially in winter) Photo by: Cactus Art

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by Prof. Ilham Alakbarov

by Valentino Vallicelli
This species needs as much sun as possible and  careful watering, to stay compact with strong spines.
by Valentino Vallicelli

by Valentino Vallicelli

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