Cultivation: Do not over water. They need to be kept in a cool, dry place during winter rest (at -5 +10°C). This is important for the...Read More flowers as well as for their health. Without this cool winter period they normally won't get any buds. It is quite frost hardy -7 (-10)° C.
Sun Exposure: Best in full or partial sun exposure. In mild climate they grow well when planted freely outside in well-drained soil.
Propagation: Seeds (usually), it also can be grown from cuttings, as it can branch with time.
Distribution: West & South West USA (Texas) and Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas)
Habitat: Among thorn scrub in alluvial soils; 0-200 m;
This plant has roots that are tuberous and Dahlia-like.
Other common names are: Sacasil, Zocoxochitl, Dahlia Cactus, Pencil Cactus...Read More & Lead Pencil Cactus.
Other synonyms are:
Echinocereus tuberosus
Echinocereus waldeisii
Echinocereus tamaulipensis ssp. dehardii
Cereus poselgeri
Cereus tuberosus [illegitimate of the year 1853- Poselger; Not 1837- Pfeiffer]
Wilcoxia poselgeri
Wilcoxia tamaulipensis
Wilcoxia tuberosa [illegitimate]
Wilcoxia kroenleinii
Editor's Note
Botanists have combined the yellow/cream flowering Wilcoxia waldeisii (Echinocereus waldeisii) with the pink flowering Wilcoxia poselgeri (Echinocereus poselgeri).
A wonderful, if somewhat exotic cactus for the pot grower. Probably not ideal for a desert garden though.
Rumoured to be short li...Read Moreved. Don't know - mine is only ten years from the nursery.
I really want this for my cactus collection because I really want to focus on cactus from Texas
Cultivation: Do not over water. They need to be kept in a cool, dry place during winter rest (at -5 +10°C). This is important for the...Read More
This plant has roots that are tuberous and Dahlia-like.
Other common names are: Sacasil, Zocoxochitl, Dahlia Cactus, Pencil Cactus...Read More
A wonderful, if somewhat exotic cactus for the pot grower. Probably not ideal for a desert garden though.
Rumoured to be short li...Read More