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Coryphantha hesteri Y.Wright
Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 4: 274, fig. 1932 [Nov 1932]
Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Escobaria hesteri (Y.Wright) Buxb.
Oesterr. Bot. Z. 98: 78. 1951

Coryphantha hesteri (Escobaria hesteri) Photo by: Peiffer Clement
SB 430 (Collector Steven Brack) Brewster County, Texas, USA. It is an attractive and well worth cultivating dwarf plant; it starts flowering from an early age and blooms from spring until late summer, with nice large, deep pink blooms. In the resting period it will not be damaged by some frost.

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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Hester’s Pincushion Cactus, Hester's Cory Cactus, Hester's Foxtail Cactus



13500 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Coryphantha hesteri (Escobaria hesteri) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
30445 alexander Alexander Arzberger
Coryphantha hesteri (Escobaria hesteri) Photo by: Alexander Arzberger

28173 alexander Alexander Arzberger
Coryphantha hesteri (Escobaria hesteri) Photo by: Alexander Arzberger
28174 alexander Alexander Arzberger
Coryphantha hesteri (Escobaria hesteri) Photo by: Alexander Arzberger

27602 alexander Alexander Arzberger
Coryphantha hesteri (Escobaria hesteri) Photo by: Alexander Arzberger
28166 alexander Alexander Arzberger
Coryphantha hesteri (Escobaria hesteri) Photo by: Alexander Arzberger


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