Xerophyte

Flowers

Lemon yellow, funnel-shaped, 3-4 cm in diameter. The tepals are oblong, lanceolate, silky, shining; the margins are finely fringed. Stamen, style and stigma are yellow. Stigma lobes

Blooming Season

Late spring and summer. The flowers last a very long time. The plants start flowering when about 13 cm in diameter.

Ribs

Prominent, acute, slightly tuberculate and expanded under areoles, 2 cm high.

Stem

Fan shaped, flattened on top, depressed centrally along the line meristem, glaucous grey.

Fruits

White, 2 cm long with the remnants of the flowers attached.

Areoles

Greyish-white felted, young areoles circular, becoming elongate in mature flowering plants up to 15 mm long, constricted between the flower and the spine-bearing section, 2-3 cm apart or even less in old plants.