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Echinocereus viridiflorus

Green Pitaya · Green-flower Hedgehog Cactus · Nylon Hedgehog Cactus

Family CactaceaeGenus Echinocereus

A squat ribbed cactus ringed with white and red spines, carrying two lime-green flowers with pale stamens, in a nursery tray.
FlowerMichael WolfCC BY 2.5

About the plant

What it is and where it grows — not part of any germination protocol.

Habit
succulent subshrubPlants of the World Online
Habit
Perennial, ShrubPLANTS Database
Flower
Yellow, brown, yellowish greenFlora of North America
Native range
Native to the lower 48 statesPLANTS Database

Toxicity is noted only where a source states it. No note here is not a finding of safety.

Sources: Plants of the World Online — Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; PLANTS Database — USDA NRCS; Flora of North America — Flora of North America Editorial Committee.

Worth knowing

  • The nylon hedgehog cactus, or green pitaya, grows from the central United States to northern Mexico, in desert scrub, woodland and short-grass prairie. Wikipedia: Echinocereus viridiflorus

Protocol

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993

  1. Sow and cover

    Seed has failed to germinate.

No stated waiting before sowing.

0% germination.

It self sows here, but GA-3 has not been tried.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, EchinocereusPublic domain
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Echinocereus (Cactaceae). E. viridiflorus self sows here. Seed has failed to germinate, but GA-3 has not been tried.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Echinocereus. Quoted exactly. Every value on this card comes from this record; the step names come from a fixed list.

How each step is done, in Deno’s words, and what Verified and Derived mean.

Germination trials

Readers’ own records of sowing this species, published after review. Share your trial · All trials

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