Ranging over a wide area of the southern U.S. and Mexico, Echinocereus consists of 50 or so species of beautiful cacti. Varying in shape from pendant trailing stems to low spiny mounds, some are commonly called "Hedgehog Cacti". Encompassing nearly every color in the rainbow, Echinocereus produce some of the most stunning flowers in the cacti family. With several species the colors of the spines are nearly as spectacular.
     . Potted Echinocereus grow well in a standard cacti mix. In my climate at least they grow just fine in plain old desert dirt when used in the landscape. Like most cacti they should be watered moderately when actively growing and sparingly in winter. Water only enough to keep the stems from shriveling at this time. In my experience the pendant stemmed types need a little more than the others. In spring a half strength tomato type fertilizer can encourage flowering. Most Echinocereus are propagated from seed but cuttings root easily with the thin stemmed types. And clumping species can sometimes be divided.

I have several species
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Echinocereus rigidissimus	Echinocereus pentalophus	Echinocereus viridiflorus	Echinocereus dasyacanthus var. rectispinus
Echinocereus nivosus	Echinocereus viereckii ssp. morricalii	Echinocereus subinermis	Echinocereus fasciculatus
Echinocereus reichenbachii var. albispinus	Echinocereus pamanesiorum	Echinocereus lloydii x pectinatus	Echinocereus engelmannii
Echinocereus websterianus	Echinocereus brandegeei	Echinocereus viridiflorus var davisii	Echinocereus nicholii
Echinocereus scheeri ssp. gentryi	Echinocereus pulchellus	Echinocereus viridiflorus var. canus

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