Xerophyte

Description

This species usually only grows solitary but sometimes forms small clumps.

Roots

It has large taproots.

Flowers

Pretty, shining, small up to 5 cm long, unscented, strictly funnel form (almost tube like), with very short perianth segments. They are orange-red to orange-yellow and have pink-orange throats. and are produced laterally on the stem. Stile and stamens white

Blooming Season

The greater part of flowers appears in spring in the first flowering, but the plant can erratically produce some flowers in summer too.

Ribs

up to 16, tuberculate.

Stem

Spherical depressed, egg-shaped or slightly elongated, dark green often tinged purple in full sun, up to 9 cm in diameter.

Fruits

Globular, tan-green, thin skinned, juicy, spiny, 2,5 (or more) cm in diameter.

Areoles

Oval, largely spaced about 1,7 or more cm apart.