Xerophyte

Description

This is a solitary geophytes plant with a swollen underground root system. The plant body has significant chin humps below the large woolly and peculiar areoles. The plants typically got a dark greenish red-violet-brown body colour.

Flowers

Near the apex, 70mm in length and 60mm in diameter

Blooming Season

Blooms appear recurrently from June to autumn.

Spines

The spines are pale brown extremely curved and long.

Stem

Up to 15 cm in diameter, dark green to brown flattened with wavy ribs.