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Dominos Easter Lily Cactus

Echinopsis ancistrophora, Cactaceae

Sources last read 14 September 2026.

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Also called Cactus and Easter Lily Cactus.

Dominos Easter Lily Cactus (Echinopsis ancistrophora), the whole plant.
Hugo Hulsberg, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Toxicity is partly unassessed

  • Not assessed for cats. This plant is not on the ASPCA list. That is not a finding of safety: none of the sources read for this site gives an answer either way. Treat it as unknown.
  • Not assessed for dogs. This plant is not on the ASPCA list. That is not a finding of safety: none of the sources read for this site gives an answer either way. Treat it as unknown.
  • Not assessed for people. RHS publishes no harm statement for this plant. That is not a finding of safety: none of the sources read for this site gives an answer either way. Treat it as unknown.

What the sources say about its care

Sources file this plant under other names: Lobivia ancistrophora 'Dominos'. Citations below point at the name its source uses.

Light
Full sun
RHS · read 13 September 2026
Water
Well-drained
RHS · read 13 September 2026
Humidity

No source read publishes a humidity figure for any plant on this site. What follows is general guidance for foliage plants.

Most foliage plants prefer more humidity than a heated room gives; succulents are named as an exception
Penn State Extension · read 13 September 2026
Temperature

How cold this tolerates, not what it prefers. No source read for this site publishes a preferred range for a plant indoors.

H2 — 1–5°C 1–5 °C
RHS · read 13 September 2026
Soil
Loam, Sand; pH Acid or Alkaline or Neutral
RHS · read 13 September 2026
Toxic to cats
Not on the ASPCA list. That is not a finding of safety.
ASPCA · read 13 September 2026
Toxic to dogs
Not on the ASPCA list. That is not a finding of safety.
ASPCA · read 13 September 2026
Harmful to people
No statement of harm to people is published for this plant; that absence is not evidence it is safe.
RHS · read 13 September 2026

Routine care

Watering
Use a clay pot with several drainage holes so water does not collect. Let the soil dry between waterings.
NC State Extension, filed as Lobivia ancistrophora 'Dominos' · read 13 September 2026
Keep under glass that is cool but frost-free (minimum 2-7ºC), in bright, filtered light. Use a compost that drains very freely, for example peat-free John Innes compost No. 2 mixed with at least as much grit or fine gravel. Water moderately during growth and keep dry from mid-autumn to early spring; houseplant cacti and succulent cultivation gives further guidance.
RHS · read 13 September 2026
Propagation
By division.
NC State Extension, filed as Lobivia ancistrophora 'Dominos' · read 13 September 2026
Increase by dividing off offsets.
RHS · read 13 September 2026
Pruning
Pruning is not needed.
RHS · read 13 September 2026
Pests and diseases
Can be troubled by scale insects and mealybugs.
NC State Extension, filed as Lobivia ancistrophora 'Dominos' · read 13 September 2026
Mealybugs can occur. Diseases: usually none.
RHS · read 13 September 2026

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Flowers of Dominos Easter Lily Cactus (Echinopsis ancistrophora).
FlowersC T Johansson, CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

About the plant

Echinopsis ancistrophora, synonyms including Lobivia ancistrophora, commonly called domino cactus, night blooming hedgehog, Easter lily cactus, is a species of cactus. It has a globular shape, few spines, with large, white flowers attached to long, green tubes. It occurs in Bolivia, at altitudes of 600–1800 metres, and northwest Argentina. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 · read 13 September 2026

Native range
Bolivia to NW. Argentina
World Checklist of Vascular Plants, June 2026 release, CC BY.
Kew WCVP · read 13 September 2026
Bolivia, NW Argentina
RHS · read 13 September 2026
Climate
desert or dry shrubland
World Checklist of Vascular Plants, June 2026 release, CC BY.
Kew WCVP · read 13 September 2026
Growth form
succulent subshrub
World Checklist of Vascular Plants, June 2026 release, CC BY.
Kew WCVP · read 13 September 2026
Herbaceous Perennial, Succulent; habit rounded
NC State Extension, filed as Lobivia ancistrophora 'Dominos' · read 13 September 2026
Clump forming (evergreen)
RHS · read 13 September 2026
Size
Height 2–3 in; width 2–4 in
NC State Extension, filed as Lobivia ancistrophora 'Dominos' · read 13 September 2026
Height 0.1-0.5 metres; spread 0-0.1 metre after 2–5 years
RHS · read 13 September 2026
Flowering
Flowers white; blooms in summer
NC State Extension, filed as Lobivia ancistrophora 'Dominos' · read 13 September 2026
Flowers white in spring and summer
RHS · read 13 September 2026

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What this does not cover

The figures above are what published sources say, not measurements of the plant in your room. They say nothing about your pot size, your water, the season, or how far from the glass the plant stands, and those decide more than any figure here does.

Humidity has no species figure because no source read for this site publishes one, and the only temperature published for this plant is a cold floor. The simulator fills those gaps with general figures for its kind of plant, marked as general and listed on how we read sources. Where a toxicity row says the plant was not assessed, that is the absence of a finding and not a finding of safety.

If something is already wrong, the diagnosis tool asks about the soil, the window and the watering, which is where the answer usually is.