Xerophyte

Central Spines

1-2.

Description

Echinopsis adolfofriedrichiiSN|21022]]SN|21035]] is a striking Paraguayan cactus of restricted distribution. It is solitary or (rarely) forming clumps. The flowers, that opens at night, are white funnel-shaped, slender, and sweetly shented.

Note

The epithet 'adolfofriedrichii' was given by Austrian researcher cacti Günther Moser in honor of his colleague and countryman the Austrian photographer and cactus collectors Adolfo Maria Friedrich (1897-1987), who emigrated in 1925 to Brazil and settled in Paraguay 1930's.

Flowers

The white funnel shaped-tubular flowers open at night and - like most species of Echinopsis - are pleasantly fragrant. They are 18-20 cm long, and 10-13 cm in diameter.

Spines

Acicular, horn-coloured, honey-coloured or grey, with brown tips.

Ribs

11-13, prominent, acute.

Stem

Depressed globose or spherical, dull dark green, 7-15 cm high, 10-20 cm in diameter.

Radial Spines

4-7.

Fruits

Globose, blackish green to brownish, very hairy, to 3 cm long and 2.5 cm in diameter.

Areoles

White to grey, 1.5-2 cm apart.