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by Elton Roberts Since writing the below article giving my history of fighting alkaline water and how it affected the plants I have to add a few more thoughts. After comparing notes with several other growers I have come to the conclusion that...

2. Echinomastus unguispinus

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Unfortunately this Mexican species has not been treated in the literature as it deserves and besides the the notes found in the second volume of the classic book on Mexican cactaceae by Bravo-Hollis and Mejorada of 1991 the information sources...

3. Echinomastus johnsonii

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E. johnsonii includes plants quite variable in flower and spination colors. They live in the Mojave desert and in the upper portion of the Sonora desert, 500 to 1400 meters in elevation. They grow on rocky hills slopes on limestone soils and...

4. Echinomastus erectocentrus

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E. erectocentrus comprises plants quite variable in flower and spination color. The type plants live in desert areas, 900 to 1300 meters in elevation, mainly in grassy slopes, on limestone soils or alluvial fans. They have reddish spine with...

5. Echinomastus intertextus

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This specie include two varieties with similar characteristics but well characterized in their type forms. Some authors consider the varieties as different species, some others do not accept the 'dasyacanthus' as a separate...

6. Echinomastus mariposensis

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Echinomastus mariposensis is a rather small solitary plant covered with white dense radial spines which hide completely the stem and bearing long central spines of a nice gray-bluish colour that gives these plants a typical appearence. E....

7. Cultivation

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Echinomastus plants seem to love cold dry conditions, they actually require rare waterings, small pots and an open mineral mix. In addition, I noticed over time that they don't like water form late spring to late summer, when they look like being...

8. Why a site on Echinomastus?

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The answer is pretty simple: because Echinomastus are fantastic plants bearing spines and flowers or rare beauty. I was fascinated by these plants since the very beginning of my experience with growing cactus, and I am still enchanted by their charm...

9. Echinomastus warnockii

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E. warnockii is a Chihuahuan desert species, abundant among the rocks on limestone hills and alluvial fans, rarely on gypsum soils. It is mainly a Texan plant, generally found at low-mid elevations, mostly from 500 to 900 meters, rarely over...

10. Main characters

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Echinomastus are small plants, usually unbranched, globose or short-cylindric with spiralled ribs and prominent tubercles. Spines numerous, radials more or less appressed and almost hiding the stem surface. Flower at the apex, fuits dehiscent...

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