genus Wilcoxia

Monica Swartz eciton@utexas.edu
Thu, 15 Sep 2016 20:01:18 PDT
I grow Wilcoxia (Echinocereus) poselgeri collected in S. TX. It needs 
big pots for such a thin cactus because of the tuberous roots. 
Enormous purple flowers, sometimes five at a time on the top of a 
stem smaller than your little finger. It is sensitive to sucking 
insects so I always use a systemic insecticide. Sometimes individual 
plants die in winter for no apparent reason so it is good to keep 
propagating it from cuttings. Others have reported this problem too. 
I suspect that older plants may fill their pots with the tuberous 
roots and suffocate. One day I'll get around to posting photos on the 
Wiki.  monica



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