Xerophyte

Central Spines

Usually 1 to 4, unequal, stouter than the radials, curly, often hooked, 3-6 cm long.

Description

The classical Echinopsis haematanthaSN|12412]]SN|12412]] (syn

Roots

Large taproot, carrot like.

Flowers

Diurnal, broadly funnel-form, yellow to purple with usually a white or yellowish-cream throat circle, 3-4 cm wide, inner perianth segments spatulate to obovate, obtuse, stigma lobes 9-12, white. Scales on flower tube with long wool.

Spines

Heavy, curving, yellowish, pink/brown, orangish dark brown or black..

Ribs

8 to 15, vertical or slightly spiralling, somewhat tuberculate, obtuse, narrow.

Stem

Dull green, grey-green, bluish or olive-green stripped with yellow, somewhat depressed, globose to short cylindrical. 5-8 cm tall, 5-7 cm in diameter.

Radial Spines

6 to 12, slender ± interlacing, needle-like, and more or less appressed, 05-1cm long, pale grey with a darker yellow tip.

Fruits

Globose to ovoid, green to brownish-violet, semidry, dehiscent.

Areoles

Nearly circular, 5-6 mm in diameter, white, felted.