Xerophyte

Central Spines

Up to 20 mm long.

Description

This delicate cultivar has fragrant apricot to salmon frilled petals, it is the result of more than 20 years of devoted work by cacti enthusiast and hybridiser Bob Schick. (ISI 97-26; HBG 80612, Schick 1243-25. )

Filaments

Dark terra cotta.

Anthers and Stigma

Cream coloured.

Flowers

Up to 14 cm across. Inner petals obovate, obtuse and prominently lacerate, inners dark apricot to salmon. Outers projecting beyond inner and intermediate petals, mainly light purplish-pink.

Stem

Semi globular to shortly columnar, up to 10 cm in diameter and freely pupping,