Xerophyte

Habit

Freely pupping, semicolumnar.

Central Spines

Up to 26 mm long.

Tepals

Elliptical, mucronate, ruffled, lavender-pink with darker midrib.

Description

'Lochinvar' 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. Named after Lochinvar, the noble knight in Sir Walter Scott's poem Marmion, who was "so faithful in love, and so dauntless in war" ( ISI 97-17; HBG 80603, Schick 1235-46. )

Stigma

Light green.

White.

Filaments

White.

Flowers

Blooms are perfumed, star-like, to 14 cm in diameter.

Stem

Up to 10 cm in diameter.