Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Echinocereus reichenbachii (2)

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Echinocereus reichenbachii (var. reichenbachiiis) a perennial plant and shrub in the cactus family. Its popular names, lace or hedgehog cactus, refer to the appearance of the spines. The species is native to the Chihuahuan Desert and parts of northern Mexico and the southern and southwestern United States, where they grow at elevations ranging from 0 to 1,500 meters (0 to 4,921 ft). It earned the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
Reason
This is a focus stack of six images. It's technically sound, high resolution, and has good EV. Since the last nom wasn't promoted due to lack of support, and the consensus was that the pot looked odd, I made another image with much softer detail in the pot, and I think it looks better.
Articles in which this image appears
Echinocereus reichenbachii, Echinocereus
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Others
Creator
RO

Promoted File:Echinocereus reichenbachii by RO.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:21, 2 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]