Recent Activity - Plant Opinions

Mexico - Hidalgo.
synonymes: Echinofossulocactus lamellosus 'hastatus', Echinofossulocactus hastatus,
Frost Tolerance: Hardy to -4 C.
Solitary, globose, up to 10 cm. in diameter.
Encounterability: Unusual in collections
This taxon's name hastatus is in confusion. As to E.F.Anderson (The Cactus Family, 2001) and ICSG before 2001, there are seven species in the genus plus three taxon with uncertain status which are S.hastatus, S.rectispinus, S.sulphureus.
As to Nigel Taylor, the only plant with uncertain status is S.sulphureus and the other two are old, unidentifiable names (J.Pilbeam, Ariocarpus etc. 2006). And finally, according to The New Cactus Lexicon (2006), this earlier provisionaly accepted species, Stenocactus hastatus, is an unreferred name, so in uncertain status.

An excellent choice for beginners. Tough, prolific, and showy. Hard to go wrong with this one.

I love the vibrant colors and big blossoms. These plants really command attention of passers-by.

This is an awesome plant for evening patio areas and for showcasing its 5 to 8 inch flowers. Kept deadheaded it will bloom all summer until heavy frost.

Love this whole Genus of plants, I have two different species and a couple of different varieties in my back yard.

I find them easy to grow - in general, they like moist, humusy, well-drained soils in part shade, but at least one variety prefers to grow in full shade. About the only real maintenance I do occurs in very late winter (March), where I cut back the dead leaves to just an inch or two from the clump.

I would not call Hakonechloa a grass, but rather they are more like small well defined shaped bamboo ... a lot less aggressive, but yes they do slowly spread via rhizomes. After a couple of years, you can also cut the clump in half and transplant to a new area.

They do not have "flowers" in the traditional sense (colorful, well displayed), but rather the flowers are very small, can be yellow to light green in color and are found within/between the leaves.

This is one of my favorite trellis plants, flowers continuously until frost.

Distribution: Arizona - USA
Habit: Globose
Encounterability in collections: Extremely rare
Listed in CITES Appendix 1
Avoid direct sunlight exposure in summer.
For own-root plants, water moderately only from early March to May, rest of year keep them in dormancy and
use a soil with little organic material.

Accepted name: Escobaria sneedii ssp.orcuttii
Synonymes: Escobaria orcuttii, Coryphantha orcuttii, Escobaria albicolumnaria, Coryphantha albicolumnaria, Escobaria guadalupensis, Coryphantha organensis, E.organensis, E.sandbergii, E.villardii, Neolloydia orcuttii.
Distribution: Arizona, New Mexico - USA
Habit: Cylindrical
Encounterability in collections: Unusual

Accepted name: Escobaria sneedii ssp.orcuttii 'albicolumnaria'
Synonymes: Escobaria albicolumnaria, Coryphantha orcuttii, Escobaria albicolumnaria, Coryphantha albicolumnaria, Escobaria guadalupensis, Coryphantha organensis, E.organensis, E.sandbergii, E.villardii, Neolloydia orcuttii.
Distribution: Texas - USA
Habit: Cylindrical
Encounterability in collections: Unusual

Synonymes: Coryphantha alversonii, Escobaria vivipara var.alversonii, Coryphantha vivipara var.alversonii.
Distribution: USA - Arizona, California
Habit: Cylindrical
Encounterability in collections: Common locally in some areas