Xerophyte

Habit

Plants mostly solitary.

Description

Echinopsis caineanaSN|10698]]SN|10698]] ( = Lobivia caineanaSN|10699]]SN|10699]]) distingusces from most of the Lobivias, that are small and globular, for its more columnar grass green stems.

Roots

Shallow.

Blooming Season

It flowers during the day in mid spring on into summer. Sometimes it blooms profusely in several consecutive burst, especially on older plants.

Spines

14-18, whitish, grey, to brown-black, with dark tips, 1,5-7 cm long, stiff, awl shaped, curved, unequal, some diverging, others erect.Flowers The flowers arise near the crown at the stem tips, 4-6 Ø funnelform, clear pink, deep violet-rose, or magenta (rarely white).

Ribs

About 9, straight vertical, prominent above, blunt below.

Stem

Egg-shaped to shortly cylindical, depressed apically, fresh green, 10-29 cm high, 7-9 cm Ø.

Fruits

Ovoid, nearly dry, to 2 cm long.

Areoles

Elongate, cream-white to grey, up to 2,5 cm distanced.