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Echinopsis hahniana

Echinopsis hahniana
Photo: Michael Wolf (Webseite), CC BY-SA 3.0

Echinopsis hahniana (also listed as Soehrensia hahniana) is a spiny cactus from Paraguay that forms trailing or hanging clumps of green stems and produces large white night-blooming flowers. It is a tough, low-maintenance cactus that needs good drainage and a sunny spot.

Family
Cactaceae (Cactus family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water deeply when the soil is fully dry, and water much less in winter.
Soil
Fast-draining cactus mix with added grit or perlite.
Temperature
18–35 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Easy
Native range
Paraguay (Rio Apa)
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Echinopsis hahniana, synonym Soehrensia hahniana, is a species of Echinopsis found in Paraguay. It has a perennial life cycle.

Where it grows

Echinopsis hahniana is native to Paraguay. Plants are found growing in the shade in dry woodland forest in alkaline clay soil in Rio Apa, Presidente Hayes Department, at elevations of 200 to 500 meters.

Other Soehrensia plants

Echinopsis angelesiae · Echinopsis arboricola · Echinopsis candicans · Echinopsis caulescens · Echinopsis crassicaulis · Echinopsis formosa · Echinopsis friedrichii · Echinopsis huascha · Echinopsis quadratiumbonata · Echinopsis sandiensis · Torch Cactus · Echinopsis serpentina

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Echinopsis hahniana 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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