PlantFiles Pictures: Argentine Giant (Echinopsis candicans)

Author Content cacti_lover Henderson, NV (Zone 9b) January 29, 2005 3:25 PM Post #1263711 Argentine Giant Echinopsis candicans This fragrant flower is 9" across. http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/68914/ Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) May 28, 2007 7:39 PM Post #3545650 Cacti_lover, This is a photo of "Echinopsis candicans". Your blooms are too big and the sepals are red. Your stems are too thick and the spines are to big/long to be Echinopsis imperialis. Take a look at this photo of Echinopsis x imperialis. http://www.huntingtonbotanical.org/WhatsInBloom/sept06/Page2... And here of Echinopsis candicans...Here the sepals are red, the flower is bigger and the stems are thicker and the spines are bigger (like yours) http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/146859/ Here's two more examples of Echinopsis candicans in this thread, photos by Judyb & azrobin http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/709623/ Would you like to have this photo and your other photos of this plant switched over to the right page in the PlantFiles? cacti_lover Henderson, NV (Zone 9b) May 30, 2007 7:09 AM Post #3551593 I always thought E candicans have smaller flowers, thinner stems, and longer spines. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) May 30, 2007 1:05 PM Post #3552123 Nope, it's just the opposite :) cacti_lover Henderson, NV (Zone 9b) May 30, 2007 6:20 PM Post #3553282 I got the descriptions of E. candicans from the book "The Cactus Family" by E. F. Anderson. You think they might have make mistakes? Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) May 30, 2007 7:30 PM Post #3553513 The photo in "The Cactus Family" is of the Echinopsis candicans Variety called var. gladiatus. Anderson didn't mention that it was the variety that he pictured. PlantFiles Link: http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/103470/index.html Notice that the flowers are the same and just as huge as yours.

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