Xerophyte

Habit

It is a basally branching columnar cactus, less than 15 cm tall.

Central Spines

1 to 2 rarely more up to 2,5 cm long.

Description

Echinopsis huascha var. grandifloraSN|18487]]SN|18487]] f. herzogii - previously known as Lobivia grandiflora var. herzogiiSN|21115]]SN|21115]] - is a miniature form, with dark red flowers on dwarf plants, probably a natural hybrid.

Flowers

Diurnal, funnelform, 7-10 cm long, dark red produced near the end of the stems. Throat dark red, filaments fuchsia. Scales on the ovary narrow a little hairy in their axils.

Spines

Needle-like, subulate, unequal, dull-creamy-white, yellowish or brownish.

Ribs

12 to 18.

Stem

Globose to short-cylindric, 4-5(-7) cm, in diameter.

Radial Spines

9 to 11, 5-10 mm long.

Areoles

Whitish brown about 1 cm apart.