Cactus Echinocereus Rigidissimus

The Echinocereus Rigidissimus cactus is native to Chihuahua and Sonora in Mexico and New Mexico and Arizona in the United States. It is also known as rainbow cactus.

It can be as high as thirty centimeters, although that is something for which a certain amount of time has to be spent. The stem is columnar and its spines vary from white to yellow and red (hence the name rainbow cactus, for the variety of colors). It is curious to see the spikes in detail because instead of growing outward, they grow parallel to the cactus, meaning that unless you find one that grows in the opposite direction, you don’t have to punch.

The flowers are very beautiful and of considerable size. They come out from late spring to mid-summer and can be found in purple with cream or intense pink and they grow at the top of the plant

Echinocereus Rigidissimus like other species needs abundant light to give it the maximum, so if you can give it a place in the window where the sun touches it almost in full, it will appreciate it. Although it tolerates cold, this cactus probably does not grow in low light conditions, as it requires relatively warm temperatures to grow. It must be between fifteen and twenty degrees in order to move forward. It should not be exposed to temperatures below seven positive degrees.

The irrigation must generally be quite the same throughout the season. Once every fifteen days in both spring and summer, once a month in autumn and stop irrigating in winter. These conditions can vary depending on where you are, the temperature that can do in Mexico is not the same as the temperature that make in Barcelona, so if you have a warm and dry climate all year round, this will vary: once every fortnight in the spring and once a week in the summer. In autumn, it can be irrigated once a month if temperatures are equal to or above seven positive degrees.