Mendel’s Gardens

Echinocereus viridiflorus

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

Family CactaceaeGenus Echinocereus

About the plant

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

Habit
Perennial, Shrub
Native range
Native to the lower 48 states

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

Source: PLANTS Database — USDA NRCS.

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.