Xerophyte

Central Spines

1 or 2 sharpen, light brown, darkly tipped.

Description

Single or branching at the base when old.

Roots

Fibrous.

Blooming Season

Appearing next to the stem tip, scented magenta-pink, with somehow darker midstrips, more brightly to green in the throat, 7-12 cm long and in diameter. Filaments light green, stylus and anther dark green.

Ribs

approx.15- 20, width 5-10 mm.

Stem

Green, up to 20 (40) cm tall, 7-10 cm in diameter

Radial Spines

Up to 23, clearer white-brownish to white-greyish straight, closely pectinate.

Fruits

Oval green-brownish. Ripe two month after blooming.

Areoles

Elongated elliptic.