sentences:  The specific epithet honors the German botanist Ludwig Reichenbach.Common names include Lace hedgehog cactus, Lace cactus, Lace hedgehog, Purple candle, and Órgano-pequeño de colores.In 1843, German botanist Carl Adolf Terscheck named a specimen of cactus collected in Mexico "Echinocactus reichenbachii", but his description was incomplete and proved unhelpful to later scholars.