Echinocereus viereckii var. morricalii

Echinocereus viereckii var. morricalii

=Echinocereus viereckii var. morricalii (Říha) N.P.Taylor

Description: Echinocereus viereckii subs. morricalii is a clustering specie branching profusely from the base with almost spineless stems.
Stems: Up to 50 cm long, 7.5 cm in diameter, soft , cylindrical ± tapering toward the tips erect to sprawling Yellowish-green to bright green that will hold purple colour with enough bright light, During the winter rest they become wrinkled and flabby from lack of water and shrink up about 1/3 their size as they consume their stored water. With regular water they plump up quickly.
Ribs: 6-7 even non-tuberculate.
Spines: Almost spineless, the spine if present are very short, yellowish up to 2mm long.
Flowers: Magnificent magenta from the sides of the stems, short-funnellform, very large up to 10 cm in diameter or more. The flowers on all subspecies are Bright magenta.
Blooming season: Blossoms in May.
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bose, green, fleshy.