Echinocereus enneacanthus Engelm. in Wisliz.

국표에 없다.

Origin and Habitat: Echinocereus enneacanthusSN|7930]]SN|7930]] is common and wide-spread species occuring in central, north and north-east of Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí, Coahuila and Zacatecas), New Mexico, and Texas.
Altitude: (0-)600-1800 metres above sea level.
Habitat: Chihuahuan desert scrub and grasslands, on mineral and sandy-loamy limestone soils, sometimes clay loam soils, on flats, washes or rarely rocky or gravelly slopes. In the same area it is possible to find several cactus species like: Echinocereus stramineusSN|5533]]SN|7817]], Echinocereus chisoensisSN|17778]]SN|17778]], Echinocereus dasyacanthusSN|7817]]SN|5533]], Mammillaria lasiacanthaSN|9075]]SN|9075]] and Lophophora viridiscens. Echinocereus enneacanthusSN|7930]]SN|7930]] is abundant, and is not affected by any major threats.

Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Prostrate Hedgehog, Green Strawberry Hedgehog, Banana Cactus, Alicoche, Smallspine Pitaya, Pitaya, Prostrate Hedgehog Cactus, Purple Pitaya, Strawberry Cactus, Alicoche Banana Cactus, Green Strawberry, Hedghog Cactus, Cob Cactus, Strawberry Hedghog Cactus
SPANISH (Español): Órgano-pequeño, Alicoche Real, Pitaya

Description: Echinocereus enneacanthusSN|7930]]SN|7930]] is a caespitose cactus forming dense or lax clumps either loose decumbent, or erect with 20-100(-500) branches, usually branching before flowering. There appears to be quite a variation in spination, at least in number and length of spines. Two subspecies are recognized, the nominate form and subsp. brevispinus.

Stems: Cylindrical, the longest sometimes prostrate, 5-14 cm diameter up to over 100 cm long (but usually much shorter). The stems of this species are soft or flaccid, pale to bright green and often remain wrinkled.
Ribs: 7-12 with uninterrupted but prominent warty crests.
Areoles: Circular 18-52 mm apart.
Radial spines: 5-9 per areole, 25-45 mm long, straight or slightly curved, needle-like, more or less flattened, bulbous at the base, brownish, often tipped or banded with darker brown.
Central spines: 1-5 per areole, 55-95 mm long, divergent, porrect, flattened, stout, and slightly curved, opaque, white, tan, brown or grey, often nearly black.
Flowers. Funnelform 7-11 cm in diameter, purple-red to pink in varying shades with deep reddish throat, and diurnal. Filaments greenish to pink. Anthers yellow. Stigma green. Style whitish.
Blooming season: It flowers in early spring (April through June in habitat) during mid-morning. Flowers close at night and reopen for 2-4 days. The fruits ripen in late summer.
Fruit: Round to ovoid pale yellow-green or dull reddish, , maturing to bright red, 20-30 mm, pulp white or pale pink. The fruit is edible. After the spines are removed from the green-brown flesh of the fruit, it can be eaten and tastes similar to strawberry, hence the name strawberry cactus.
Seeds: 1,0-1,4 mm, black irregular, globular, or ovoid tuberculate.

 

 

Echinocereus enneacanthus (llifle.com)

https://youtu.be/WpBJDxEFydE?t=534

https://youtu.be/SvOwUzWxICo?t=403