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Written by bruno
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Friday, 08 August 2008 |
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Echinocereus leucanthus Taylor is a Mexican plant coming from SW Sonora and NW Sinaloa bearing magnificent hypnotic white flowers, slender thin stems and tuberous Dahlia-like roots.  The type locality of this species, which was discovered by F. Schwartz and described by Backeberg in 1952 as Wilcoxia albiflora, was kept secret until its re-discovery in the mid sixties, after which it was introduced into cultivation. Form a seeds batch sowed in 1999 I got several seedlings that began flowering when about 6/7 years old.  
An open mineral mix and sparse waterings are recommended for healthy growth. See more pictures in the gallery echinocereus |
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Written by bruno
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Thursday, 05 June 2008 |
Stefano is running a collection of cacti in Calci, near Pisa. During winter time his plants are hosted in a small green house but are placed outside, in full sun, as soon as spring begins.
This treatement, together with rare waterings, seems pretty much beneficial to these plants which grow healthy and show superb spines.
The following photos, that I took during a short visit last April, show a few samples of the results:
Copiapoa haseltoniana Echinocereus brandegeii
 
Ferocactus chrysacanthus Echinofossulocactus Erectocentrus
'rubrispinus' 'grandicornis'
 
If you want to see more just visit the gallery stefano's spines
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