#Echinocereus triglochidiatus

[phytophiliac]

Echinocereus triglochidiatus inermis by Richard Ellis Via Flickr: Echinocereus triglochidiatus, the Claretcup Cactus, is native to the southwestern United States and Northern Mexico. #Echinocereustriglochidiatus #Echinocereus #triglochidiatus #ClaretCup #KingCup #MojaveMound #cactus #flower #red #redflower #denverbotanicgardens

[thelostcanyon]

Claret Cup Cactus (Echinocereus triglochidiatus), Cochise County, Arizona.

[syngoniums]

I was going to make one big post with all the cactus flowers from the past few weeks, but this is a new plant I'm obsessed with. One of the local nurseries got a shipment of various Echinocereus. This was labeled E. viridiflorus, which I knew was wrong (size, appearance, buds much too large), but the buds also looked too large to be E. triglochidiatus, the other species they had. So I took it home, and the brown buds eventually opened to beautiful coral flowers. This is a hybrid, possibly one of the naturally occurring ones like x lloydii or x roetteri. Both are supposed to be crosses of E. coccineus (typically red-flowered) and E. dasyacanthus (typically yellow-flowered), with the main distinction apparently being where the population originated. The hybrids are fertile and display tons of variety in spination, size, and flower color. Like all cacti, this one is extremely popular with our native pollinators. I'm hoping it sets fruit!

[worldsandemanations]

Claret Cup Cactus (Echinocereus triglochidiatus), Cochise County, Arizona.

[cactguy]

All of the Kelly Grummons opuntia from the Texas Native Plant Lab at the Dallas Arboretum, our hands-on teaching space, have been moved out into the Main Garden (the big leagues) Waterwise display. I can’t wait for many more people to see their gorgeous blooms!

Front:

Opuntia polyacantha ‘Citrus Punch’

Opuntia phaeacantha ‘Dark Knight’

Opuntia sp. ‘Little Monk’

Mid:

Echinocereus triglochidiatus

Back:

Opuntia aciculata

Opuntia aurea ‘Coombe’s Winter Glow’

Opuntia aciculata

Far back:

Opuntia ellisiana

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Claret Cup Cactus (Echinocereus triglochidiatus) flowering, Arches National Park, Utah

Photographer: Jeff Foott

[cactiandplants]

Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. gonacanthus

[fatchance]

Claret cup hedgehog cactus (Echinocereus triglochidiatus), at the Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona.

[freshtendril]

Claretcup Cactus - Echinocereus triglochidiatus

Such a nice, good, cactus; a reliable bloomer in its small, dry, and sandy-soil filled pot. Huggable even. I love this thing. Too bad it would hurt to do just that. So I leave it alone.

For the record I don’t hug plants. I usually reserve that for the ones I love and don’t have spines and needles.

[voicesbecameourhollowlaughs]

Night blooming flowers

Flowers for a vampirekin/nocturnalkin garden.

Alyssum ( Lobularia maritima)

Angel’s trumpet (Brugmansia)

Golden angel’s trumpet (Brugmansia aurea)

Peach angel’s trumpet (Brugmansia versicolor)

Red angel’s trumpet (Brugmansia sanguinea)

Salmon angel’s trumpet (Brugmansia vulcanicola)

Brahma kamal lotus (Saussurea obvallata)

Burning hearts (Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra)

Cape Jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides)

Casablanca Lily (Lilium ‘Casablanca’)

Chinese quince (Chaenomeles speciosa)

Chocolate daisy (Berlandiera lyrata)

Claret cup (Echinocereus triglochidiatus)

Dame’s rocket (Hesperis matronalis)

Drooping red gum (Eucalyptus parramattensis)

Easter lily cactus (Echinopsis oxygona)

Evening primrose (Oenothera biennis)

Evening rain lily (Zephyranthes drummondii)

Flowering tobacco ( Nicotiana alata)

Foamflower (Tiarella cordifolia)

Four o’clocks (Mirabilis jalapa)

Hoary stock (Matthiola incana)

Japanese wisteria (Wisteria floribunda)

Lotus’ (Nelumbo)

Lungwort (Pulmonaria)

Mock Orange (Philadelphus coronaius)

Moonflower (Datura innoxia)

Moon vine (Ipomoea alba)

Night blooming jasmine (Cestrum nocturnum)

Night blooming water lilies (Nymphaea)

Night gladiolus (Gladiolus tristis)

Night phlox (Zaluzianskya capensis)

Night scented orchid (Epidendrum nocturnum)

Night scented stock (Matthiola longipetala)

Nottingham catchfly (Silene nutans)

Opening Night rose (Rosa x ‘Opening Night’)

Queen of the night (Epiphyllum oxypetalum)

Ten-petal blazing star (Mentzelia decapetala)

Tuberose (Agave amica)

[phytophiliac]

Echinocereus triglochidiatus is known by several common names, including kingcup cactus, claretcup, and Mojave mound cactus. It is native to the southwest US and Mexico.

[thelostcanyon]

Claret Cup Cactus (Echinocereus triglochidiatus), Cochise County, Arizona.

[wanderlustrunnerr]

A little bit of life the past few days.

The tree the dogs love is budding. Doggie photo shoot. Ryder. Big Rhonda. Frank. Jeep arch. Echinocereus triglochidiatus, claretcup, blooms. Emma loves the little onion. Butters belly.

[ruthbancroftgarden]

Echinocereus triglochidiatus

This cactus has a large area of occurrence in the southwestern United States, and it grows southward into Baja California as well. The chubby stems are quite spiny, but not so much as to hide them from view. The stunning flowers are a beautiful red-orange and come in the spring.

-Brian

[cactguy]

Texas Native Plant Lab / Dallas Arboretum

Claret cup cactus, Echinocereus triglochidiatus, continues to bloom like crazy - and the rain should bring more!

[cactussucculentcollection]

Эхиноцереус трехколючковый — Echinocereus triglochidiatus