Echinocereus engelmannii var. acicularis L. Benson
Cactaceae
Rosemary Trelease
2008-04-28
Gay Christensen-Dean
Maricopa County: Grown in cultivation at Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, N 33 deg 27' 33'', W 111 deg 56' 35'', 1200 ft., 366 m: accession number 1992 0441 0101; originally received as a plant from the Atlanta Botanical Garden as part of Dr. J. G. Barrow's collection J. G. B. # 099-018;220;026; original collection number CR 0104.
Stem color blue-gray-green, spines light tan, one long, erect spine, others axial or at angles; flowers collected mid-afternoon, flower diameter 65-90 mm, length 77-90 mm, outer perianth light pink with greenish-brown midstripe, inner perianth magenta; stigma lobe number 10-11, color green, style cream; filaments tan.