Echinopsis

Genus: Echinopsis [ Cactaceae ]

Echinopsis spachiana

The genus name "Echinopsis" derives from the Greek word “echinos (εχινος) ” meaning "porcupine or hedgehog", "sea urchin” and the word "opsis (οφις)" meaning “appearance, seeing, like” referring to the spines that cover the plant as it looks like a rolled up hedgehog.
( The genus name implies: "like a porcupine").

For example: Echinopsis oxygona

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