Xerophyte

Central Spines

Strong, up to 25 mm long, subulated, brown-reddish, grayish when old.

Flowers

Apical, particularly large, bell-shaped, glossy, pink in shades of salmon with yellow centres, up to 8 cm in diameter.

Spines

8-11 thin, flexible and acicular, needlelike, usually less than 12 long. whitish with a brownish-red tip.

Stem

Spherical-flattened that can became shortly cylindrical when old, with a shiny coppery-green epidermis with a depressed crown covered in white wool.