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Echinopsis calorubra

Echinopsis calorubra
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0

Echinopsis calorubra is a columnar cactus from Bolivia, grown for its large orange-red and pinkish-blue flowers. Give it full sun, sharp drainage and little water.

Family
Cactaceae (Cactus family)
Grows as
Shrub, Succulent
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply only when the soil is fully dry, and water much less in winter.
Soil
Fast-draining cactus or gritty mix
Temperature
10–35 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Easy
Native range
Bolivia (Santa Cruz)
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Echinopsis calorubra, synonyms including Lobivia calorubra, is a species of Echinopsis found in Bolivia.

Where it grows

This species is distributed in the departments of Santa Cruz, Tarija, and Cochabamba. It is found at elevations ranging from 2,400 to 3,000 meters and in grassland environments.

Other Lobivia plants

Cactus · Echinopsis arachnacantha · Echinopsis ayopayana · Cactus · Echinopsis bridgesii · Echinopsis caineana · Echinopsis cardenasiana · Echinopsis chrysochete · Echinopsis cinnabarina · Echinopsis ferox · Echinopsis hertrichiana · Echinopsis lateritia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Echinopsis calorubra by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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