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phoenixtropicals Site Admin
Joined: 06 May 2008 Posts: 1207 Location: Mesa Arizona
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Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 7:05 pm Post subject: Arizona Rainbow Cactus |
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Here is a photo of my Arizona Rainbow cactus on April 28th. I originally bought this cactus at the Phoenix Desert Botanical Garden and have had it in a pot for many years. I'm guessing about 8 years. It flowers like this every spring. The reason these cactus are called rainbows is because they have purple and white bands on them. The bands are made by the color of the hairs that they are covered with. These cactus are native to Arizona, but I can't remember ever seeing one out in the desert. Maybe they are more common in the western part of the state or something like that. It seems like it has almost outgrown this pot. Maybe its time for a transplant.
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phoenixtropicals Site Admin
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Little Luey
Joined: 28 Oct 2009 Posts: 43 Location: Yuma Arizona
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Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 10:51 am Post subject: |
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Impressive flowers on that cactus, sure don't look like they belong on that plant.
thanks for sharing
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GermanStar
Joined: 17 Jun 2010 Posts: 117 Location: Fountain Hills, AZ
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Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 5:43 pm Post subject: |
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I have quite a lot of Echinocereus, but have never seen that one. Very pretty flowers. I'm tempted, but that looks like one poorly armed Hedgehog, and I'm afraid our local Peccary family might make short work of it.
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phoenixtropicals Site Admin
Joined: 06 May 2008 Posts: 1207 Location: Mesa Arizona
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Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 6:12 pm Post subject: |
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Yah, the spines are really not too potent on it. It mostly is just furry.
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lovecrazy
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