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cactus sit around all year doing nothing then they surprise you with these incredibly big, short lived, gorgeous blooms - they are worth waiting for. I get so excited when I see buds forming. 
I'm in SoCal so they get lots of sun and lots of heat on my balcony. It gets so hot nothing else survives except cactus.
the yellow one (in previous post) is an Echinocereus subinermis.
the pink one is a Echinocereus ridgidissimus v. rubrispinus aka Arizona Rainbow Hedgehog.
this one is a Echinocereus reichenbachii var. albispinus aka lace cactus which reminds me of your echinopsis in color:
I don't know the name of this one but it gets a big gorgeous flower too:
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