Xerophyte

Habit

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Central Spines

Up to 14 mm long.

Tepals

Oblanceolate, acute, white, midrib purer white, sometimes with delicate pink tip. Outer tepals projecting beyond inners, bicolored white and light pinkish-purple with darker midrib. Sepaloids also projecting beyond inners, linear and flat, more darkly coloured than outer tepals.

Description

'Elegant Lady' is one of the most popular and appreciated Echinopsis cultivars, it is the result of more than 20 years of devoted work by cacti enthusiast and hybridiser Bob Schick. (ISI 2000-10; HBG 85184, Schick 1590-28.)

Stigma

White.

Flowers

Blooms are star-like, to 14.5 cm across.

Stamens

White.

Stem

Spherical to 11 cm in diameter.