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Endangered
Cultivar
Primary
Accepted
Echinopsis cv. Gossamer
Echinopsis cv. Gossamer
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Tepals
Oblong to oblanceolate, ruffled near midline, light lavender-pink with darker midrib and a small rounded white area at base.
Description
'Gossamer'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 99-10; HBG 82622, Schick 1373-9.)
Stigma
White.
Filaments
White. Exserted, white central.
Flowers
Very large up to 15 cm (or more) across.
Spines
15 mm long.
Stem
Spherical, up to10 cm in diameter.