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Endangered
Cultivar
Primary
Accepted
Echinopsis cv. Eclipse
Echinopsis cv. Eclipse
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Central Spines
15 mm long.
Tepals
Obovate, pinkish-red, sometimes with orange or purplish tones, and with a lighter midrib. Yellow and project beyond the darker inners to produce an effect reminiscent of a solar eclipse.
Description
'Eclipse' 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 97-10; HBG 80596, Schick 1271-26. )
Stigma
Pale yellowish or greenish. Yellow.
Filaments
Yellow.
Anthers
Creamy-yellow.
Flowers
Blooms up to11 cm in diameter.
Stamens
Outer stamens forming a wide ring.
Stem
Semicolumnar, up to 9 cm across.