Echinopsis Species

There are four subspecies of Echinopsis ancistrophora. Flowers are unscented.
Subsp. 'ancistrophora' has varied colored blooms, na...Read Moretive to south of Salta, Argentina north to across the border into southern Bolivia.
Subsp. 'arachnacantha' is smaller and has yellow to yellow-orange blooms, native a little farther north into Samaipata, Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
Subsp. 'cardenasiana' has violet-pink to red blooms and is native to Tarija, Bolivia.
Subsp. 'pojoensis' is a larger plant with reddish blooms and is native to Pojo, Cochabamba, Bolivia.
Echinopsis ancistrophora var. torrecillasensis has orange-red blooms.

Globular freely suckering dark gold-brown-skinned cactus with small, curved, relatively harmless spines. Large gold to reddish flowers t...Read Morehat dwarf the cactus (not sure what time of year). Very shiny attractive and somewhat unusual looking cactus

Now that I've grown this plant for nearly two years, noticed it's a slow grower, and gets darker the more sun it gets. Flowers prolifically in spring orange flowers.