Exhibit Item 59
Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. melanacanthus
Current classification: Echinocereus coccineus var. coccineus
Claret cup cactus
© 2009 Edward Hamilton: Hand-colored lithograph
prepared from a pen and ink drawing by
Lucretia B. Hamilton, ca. 1982
From the Collection of Richard and Patricia Wiedhopf
Originally named as one of many varieties of claret-cup hedgehogs. Occurs in eastern Arizona above the desert.
Exhibit Item 60
Echinocactus horizonthalonius var. nicholii
Nichol's Turk's head cactus
© 2009 Edward Hamilton: Hand-colored lithograph
prepared from a pen and ink drawing by
Lucretia B. Hamilton, ca. 1982
From the Collection of Gene Joseph and Jane Evans
This is an endangered species, found in just a few upland mountains in southern Arizona.
