Echinocereus scheeri subsp. gentryi "cucunis cv. HONK KONG variegata

	Echinocereus scheeri subsp. gentryi "cucumis" cv. HONK KONG variegata	CACTUS ART NURSERY Cultivation and Mail Sale of Cacti and Succulents.

Great cactus cultivar!!! All people who have seen this plant have been impressed by the magnificent flowers.

Description: It has pinky-red petals shading to a bright magenta border with a phosphorescent violet throat, Flowers approx. 9.5cm long, 6.5cm. diameter are produced in early summer and remain open for up to four days, tending to open more at night and the flowering continues for weeks and weeks (unlike Echinopsis, which shows off for a day or two).

The plant itself has a nice yellowhis/green spotted variegation on soft green finger-thick almost spineless stems, and not terrifically dangerous, either.

Family: Cactaceae (Cactus Family)

Scientific name Echinocereus gentryi Clover 1938

Origin: Mexico (Eastern Sonora, Western Chihuahua)
TL: Mexico, Sonora, Cañon Saucito, H.S. Gentry, 1932 (MICH).

Synonym:

Echinocereus scheeri var. gentryi (Clover) Taylor 1984
Echinocereus scheeri ssp. gentryi (Clover) Taylor 1997

Note: Echinocereus cucumis is usually considered a synonym of this species.

Photo of conspecific taxa, varieties, forms and cultivars of Echinocereus scheerii.

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