This is also known as Strawberry cactus or strawberry hedgehog cactus and has cylindrical stems, forming dense or lax clumps either loose decumbent or erect, with 20-100 branches usually before flowering. The stems are a pale to bright green and get to be up to 3.3 feet long and 5.6 inches in diameter. Radial spines are needle like, slightly curved and brownish and up to 1.5 feet long. Central spines are slightly curved, white, tan brown or grey and often nearly black. These can be up to 3ft long. The flowers are funnel-shaped, purple-red to pink in varying shades with deep reddish throat and up to 4.4inches in diameter. The flowers bloom in early spring during mid-morning.
Zone: 9a-11b
Hardiness: 20-50 °F
Water: moderate/ dry in winter
Sun: Full sun to partial shade
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Bloom Season
Flower Color
Growth Rate
Hardiness Zone
Mature Size
Sun Exposure
| Bloom Season | Early summer |
|---|---|
| Botanical Name | Echinocereus enneacanthus |
| Common Name | Strawberry cactus, Pitaya |
| Dormancy | Winter |
| Family | Cactaceae |
| Flower Color | Purple |
| Genus | Echinocereus |
| Growth Habit | Cylindrical stems |
| Growth Rate | Fast growth |
| Hardiness Zone | 10b |
| Mature Size | 10 cm |
| Native Area | Mexico |
| Resistance | 10 f |
| Sun Exposure | Partial sun |
- Description
- Key Plant Features
This is also known as Strawberry cactus or strawberry hedgehog cactus and has cylindrical stems, forming dense or lax clumps either loose decumbent or erect, with 20-100 branches usually before flowering. The stems are a pale to bright green and get to be up to 3.3 feet long and 5.6 inches in diameter. Radial spines are needle like, slightly curved and brownish and up to 1.5 feet long. Central spines are slightly curved, white, tan brown or grey and often nearly black. These can be up to 3ft long. The flowers are funnel-shaped, purple-red to pink in varying shades with deep reddish throat and up to 4.4inches in diameter. The flowers bloom in early spring during mid-morning.
Zone: 9a-11b
Hardiness: 20-50 °F
Water: moderate/ dry in winter
Sun: Full sun to partial shade
Some of the information in this description has been found at desert-tropicals.com, llifle.com and cactus-art.biz
Bloom Season
Flower Color
Growth Rate
Hardiness Zone
Mature Size
Sun Exposure
| Bloom Season | Early summer |
|---|---|
| Botanical Name | Echinocereus enneacanthus |
| Common Name | Strawberry cactus, Pitaya |
| Dormancy | Winter |
| Family | Cactaceae |
| Flower Color | Purple |
| Genus | Echinocereus |
| Growth Habit | Cylindrical stems |
| Growth Rate | Fast growth |
| Hardiness Zone | 10b |
| Mature Size | 10 cm |
| Native Area | Mexico |
| Resistance | 10 f |
| Sun Exposure | Partial sun |