Mexican Claret Cup Hedgehog (Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. neomexicanus)

Xenomorf Phoenix, AZ(Zone 9b) Jun 18, 2010

Mexican Claret Cup Hedgehog
Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. neomexicanus

The rare pink flowered version. Photo courtesy of Damon

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CactusJordi El Cajon, CA Jun 18, 2010

I would call this rather Echinocereus (triglochidiatus v.) rosei.

Jordi

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Xenomorf Phoenix, AZ(Zone 9b) Jun 19, 2010

Why?

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CactusJordi El Cajon, CA Jun 19, 2010

Because of too many ribs, too many and too thin spines and because of the pink flower.

Here is a triglochidiatus in habitat in NM:

Jordi

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Xenomorf Phoenix, AZ(Zone 9b) Jun 19, 2010

Jordi, I am tending to agree with you on this. Not just because of the reasons you have just given, but because there are also many other photos in the E. triglo. page that should and could be identified to different pages. I think that we should go through the various photos on the E. triglo. page and sort them out.

Just curious, where are your examples/descriptions of T. glod. rosei to be found?

Xeno.

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CactusJordi El Cajon, CA Jun 20, 2010

Xeno,
Here are some photos of typical E. triglochs. in the bilingual book "Echinocereus" from Blum et al.

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CactusJordi El Cajon, CA Jun 20, 2010

In the same book: Typical Ecer cocc/trig v. rosei:

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CactusJordi El Cajon, CA Jun 20, 2010

I am actually not very good in IDing the various varieties of triglochidiatus and coccineus. But deciding by number of ribs and spines, shape of spines, flower color and distance of areols whether a taxon belongs to one or the other of these species is relatively easy I think.

Jordi
In the same book. Where the var. rosei is growing: