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Endangered
Cultivar
Primary
Accepted
Echinopsis cv. Lochinvar
Echinopsis cv. Lochinvar
DescriptionEdit description
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.