Echinocereus Fitchii

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Close-up of Echinocereus Fitchii flower with long pink petals, red center, and yellow ring; hardy cactus in gravel and green-rimmed pot.
Echinocereus Fitchii cactus with pink-purple flowers and yellow centers in a small gravel pot, grouped with other cacti in a greenhouse.
Echinocereus Fitchii cactus with a vibrant pink-purple flower in a gravel pot, grouped with labeled cacti in a nursery setting.
Echinocereus Fitchii cactus with white spines and a fuzzy bud in gravelly soil and rocks, displayed in a green pot.
Echinocereus Fitchii, a round cactus with pale yellow spines in mixed gravel, blooms vibrant pink-purple flowers in spring.
Round Echinocereus Fitchii cactus with white spines and a fuzzy bud grows among gravel; green tray dividers are partly visible behind.
Echinocereus Fitchii, a small round cactus with white spines and fuzzy bud, sits in a green tray with gravel, ideal for home décor.
A small Echinocereus Fitchii cactus with white spines and a fuzzy bud in gravel, shown in a green plastic tray, ready to bloom.
Echinocereus Fitchii cactus featuring a spiny green body and vibrant pink-purple flowers; known for its cold resistance.
A cold-hardy Echinocereus fitchii cactus with pink-purple blooms in a pot, perfect for adding color to your succulent collection.
Close-up of Echinocereus Fitchii blooming with long pink-purple flowers and a red center, set among gravel and other potted cold-hardy cacti.
Echinocereus Fitchii cactus with pink-purple flowers blooming above its spines, known for its cold resistance.
Close-up of Echinocereus Fitchii flower with long pink petals, red center, and yellow ring; hardy cactus in gravel and green-rimmed pot.
Echinocereus Fitchii cactus with pink-purple flowers and yellow centers in a small gravel pot, grouped with other cacti in a greenhouse.
Echinocereus Fitchii cactus with a vibrant pink-purple flower in a gravel pot, grouped with labeled cacti in a nursery setting.
Echinocereus Fitchii cactus with white spines and a fuzzy bud in gravelly soil and rocks, displayed in a green pot.
Echinocereus Fitchii, a round cactus with pale yellow spines in mixed gravel, blooms vibrant pink-purple flowers in spring.
Round Echinocereus Fitchii cactus with white spines and a fuzzy bud grows among gravel; green tray dividers are partly visible behind.
Echinocereus Fitchii, a small round cactus with white spines and fuzzy bud, sits in a green tray with gravel, ideal for home décor.
A small Echinocereus Fitchii cactus with white spines and a fuzzy bud in gravel, shown in a green plastic tray, ready to bloom.
Echinocereus Fitchii cactus featuring a spiny green body and vibrant pink-purple flowers; known for its cold resistance.
A cold-hardy Echinocereus fitchii cactus with pink-purple blooms in a pot, perfect for adding color to your succulent collection.
Close-up of Echinocereus Fitchii blooming with long pink-purple flowers and a red center, set among gravel and other potted cold-hardy cacti.
Echinocereus Fitchii cactus with pink-purple flowers blooming above its spines, known for its cold resistance.

Echinocereus fitchii

Flowers: pink-purple with dark burgundy center.
Blooming season: late April / early May to late June.

Growth rate: It grows well, though slowly. but it’s susceptible to rotting if too wet.

Exposure: It likes a sunny position also blasting sun in summer. If grown indoor provide 4 to 6 hours, or more, direct morning or afternoon sun.

Watering: It is sensitive to overwatering (rot prone). Needs a very good drainage to avoid rotting but requires more moisture than true desert cacti to grow and produce flowers.
Hardiness: It its natural environment it is very cold resistant from -10° to -25° C or less for short periods of time. During winter months, put them in a cool luminous place and encourage them to enter winter dormancy by withholding water over the winter as they will etiolate, or become thin, due to lower levels of light.
Maintenance: Repot every two years. Needs lots and lots of space to grow.

Some of the information in this description has been found at desert-tropicals.com, llifle.com and cactus-art.biz

Bloom Season

Late winterearly summer

Flower Color

Fuchsia (redpurple)

Growth Rate

Slow growth

Hardiness Zone

8b to 11

Mature Size

Under 6 in.

Resistance

5° (10°) C

Sun Exposure

Full sun (6+ hrs.)--Partial shade (3–6 hrs. sun)
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Echinocereus Fitchii

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Echinocereus fitchii

Flowers: pink-purple with dark burgundy center.
Blooming season: late April / early May to late June.

Growth rate: It grows well, though slowly. but it’s susceptible to rotting if too wet.

Exposure: It likes a sunny position also blasting sun in summer. If grown indoor provide 4 to 6 hours, or more, direct morning or afternoon sun.

Watering: It is sensitive to overwatering (rot prone). Needs a very good drainage to avoid rotting but requires more moisture than true desert cacti to grow and produce flowers.
Hardiness: It its natural environment it is very cold resistant from -10° to -25° C or less for short periods of time. During winter months, put them in a cool luminous place and encourage them to enter winter dormancy by withholding water over the winter as they will etiolate, or become thin, due to lower levels of light.
Maintenance: Repot every two years. Needs lots and lots of space to grow.

Some of the information in this description has been found at desert-tropicals.com, llifle.com and cactus-art.biz

Bloom Season

Late winterearly summer

Flower Color

Fuchsia (redpurple)

Growth Rate

Slow growth

Hardiness Zone

8b to 11

Mature Size

Under 6 in.

Resistance

5° (10°) C

Sun Exposure

Full sun (6+ hrs.)--Partial shade (3–6 hrs. sun)
Attribute Value
Bloom Season Late winterearly summer
Botanical Name Echinocereus Fitchii
Common Name Fitch's hedgehog cactus
Dormancy Winter
Family Cactaceae
Flower Color Fuchsia (redpurple)
Genus Echinocereus
Growth Habit cylindrical
Growth Rate Slow growth
Hardiness Zone 8b to 11
Mature Size Under 6 in.
Native Area Mexico
Resistance 5° (10°) C
Sun Exposure Full sun (6+ hrs.), Partial shade (3–6 hrs. sun)

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