© Valentino Vallicelli
Endangered
Cultivar
Primary
Accepted
Echinopsis cv. Romance
Echinopsis cv. Romance
DescriptionEdit description
Habit
Semicolumnar.
Central Spines
Up to 21 mm long.
Tepals
Obovate, ruffled, dark velvety purplish-pink with narrow pale purplish-pink margins and dark reddish-pink midrib.
Description
'Romance' is one of the most popular and appreciated Echinopsis cultivars, it is the result of more than 20 years of devoted work by cacti enthusiast and hybridiser Bob Schick. (ISI 98-11; HBG 81763, Schick 1255-3.)
Stigma
Light green. White.
Filaments
Light pink.
Flowers
Blooms are large up to 13,5 cm in diameter.
Stem
Up to 9 cm in diameter.