Cream variagated flower

[Brontosaurus]

This one looks like an Echinocereus but I'm not sure what species has flowers in this color. Thanks for any help!

[Lucy_V]

Eriosyce occulta?
http://www.cactus-art.biz/schede/ERIOSY ... cculta.htm

[DaveW]

Correct genus Lucy but wrong species, it's the green form of Eriosyce paucicostata.

E. paucicostata in habitat.

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[Lucy_V]

I am learning, thanks for correcting!

[Brontosaurus]

Thanks everyone! You have been most helpful!

[DaveW]

Don't undersell yourself Lucy, you got the genus correct and E. occulta is another plant from a nearby region in Northern Chile, but usually does not grow as high since the name "occulta" means hidden because it nestles down among the pebbles.

You can see E. occulta in habitat if you scroll right down my travelogue in the link below. We tended call most of the plants Neoporteria since botanists are now questioning that Eriosyce sensu stricto really belongs with the others Fred Kattermann lumped them with, therefore reverted back to the Donald & Rowley's 1966 "Reunion of Neoporteria" where he kept Eriosyce sensu stricto separate.

http://forum.bcss.org.uk/viewtopic.php? ... 1&start=90

You may get sharper pictures if you click your mouse on them to enlarge them since they were sized for digital projection (1280 x 800) and the sizing reduction in the post often reduces sharpness.

[Lucy_V]

Amazing pictures, thanks Dave! Seeing cacti in their natural habitat is one of the rare opportunities I would never miss, hope to have my chance one day