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About
Also known by common names such as domino cactus, night blooming hedgehog, and Easter lily cactus, *Echinopsis ancistrophora* is a striking cactus notable for its large, white, funnel-shaped flowers that open at night.
Field notes
Morphology
The plant body is grey-green, spherical, and slightly depressed at the top, reaching heights of 5 to 8 centimeters with diameters of 7 to 12 centimeters. It features 10 to 12 straight ribs with small, cream-colored, elongated-elliptical areoles. The flowers are white to light pink, narrow and funnel-shaped, measuring 17 to 20 centimeters long, and the pale green flower tube can reach up to 15 centimeters long.
Distribution & habitat
It is widespread near Angosto de Villamontes in the Entre Ríos Municipality in the Tarija Department in Bolivia, and is also found in northwest Argentina, primarily at altitudes of 600 meters.
History & etymology
The species was first described in 1905 by Carlo Luigi Spegazzini. It was previously transferred to the genus *Lobivia* by Boris O. Schlumpberger in 2012, but has since been restored to *Echinopsis*.
Habitat
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- Native To
- Argentina
Cultivation
- Difficulty
- easy
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