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First White Cactus Flower 0f Tucson's 2014 Summer Monsoon Season In My Desert Garden.

I have forgotten the name of this multi-stalked cactus plant. Please let me know if you recognize it.

I counted about a dozen more buds. One started opening soon after this flower closed...

A neighbor who liked my growing Sonoran Desert Garden brought this plant to me when it was very small about 7 or 8 years ago. Since then, I have dug up single small stalks and gave them to other people walking by who expressed an interest...;)

After looking at lots of photos, here's what I think it is:

Category: Echinopsis spachiana

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Vernacular names
English: Golden torch, Torch cactus, White torch cactus
APG III Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: angiosperms • Cladus: eudicots • Cladus: core eudicots • Ordo: Caryophyllales • Familia: Cactaceae • Subfamilia: Cactoideae • Tribus: Trichocereeae • Genus: Echinopsis • Species: Echinopsis spachiana (Lem.) Friedrich & G.D. Rowley (1974)

Note:
This species has recently been renamed Soehrensia spachiana
(Lem.) Schlumpb. (2012).
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Echinopsis_spachiana

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Taken on: July 5, 2014

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Camera: Apple iPhone 4S, f/2.4, 1/146 sec, 4.3mm, ISO 50 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Apple iPhone 4S
Aperture:	f/2.4
Exposure Time:	0.007 sec (1/146)
Focal Length:	4.3mm
ISO:	50
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	iPhoto 9.5.1
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