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    Echinocereus enneacanthus


    "pitaya"

    Echinocereus enneacanthus flowering in Big Bend National Park in Texas.
    Photograph copyright 2010 by Carl Deal; reproduced here with permission.




    In habitat in Starr County, Texas (co-occurring with Astrophytum asterias).


    Echinocereus enneacanthus occurring with L. williamsii in Starr County, Texas east of Rio Grande City.


    Echinocereus enneacanthus growing a few miles from Lophophora habitat in West Texas.


    Echinocereus enneacanthus growing with L. williamsii in Jim Hogg County, Texas.



    Take a look at what appears to be Echinocereus enneacanthus in southwestern Hidalgo Co, Texas.
    Compare these to the Hamatocactus setispinus growing nearby.


    The next photographs are taken from our image archives.

    Echinocereus enneacanthus occurring near Sanderson.
    Plant is growing near Echinocereus stramineus shown elsewhere here.
     
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    The images below were taken of a specimen under cultivation in Austin Texas.
     





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