Echinopsis
Translating Echinopsis to English means, like a hedgehog. In wild, they come from central to southern South America but are easy to grow from seeds in your own home.
The cacti regularly re-produce & as offsets they are easily grown. During the flowering stage, a trumpet-shape grows & the flowers are subsequently shown at the top of it.
Echinopsis chamaecereus is known as Peanut cactus with the stems hanging over the edge of a pot.
Sadly the cactus I have was stolen from my flat however the picture shown is E. chamaecereus lutea. It’s got no chlorophyll & was grafted onto a rootstock.
This Echinopsis eyriesii was named after Alexandre Eyries of Le Havre, France. In the wild it's found between Argentina & Brazil & as for temperature no lower than 10 degrees centigrade.
Some of these cacti don't always cluster but as you can see mine has. I haven't seen any flowers yet but I gather those would be white petals.
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