Xerophyte

Central Spines

None or 1 to 3 stouter, somewhat curved.

Description

The classical Echinopsis cinnabarinaSN|20963]]SN|9451]] (syn

Flowers

About 4 to 8 cm broad, near the plant apex, scarlet to deep red and often variegated (with paler strips).

Ribs

It has about 20 ribs spirally arranged, irregular and oblique, with raised to acute tubercles between which the areoles appear.

Stem

Glossy dark green stripped with yellow, spherical broader than high, deprssed and unarmed at apex, up to 15 cm in diameter.

Radial Spines

8-10, about 1-2 cm long, arranged like little spiders, more or less curved backward, acicular, slender, brownish, turn greyish eventually.

Areoles

Rounded with short whitish felt.