Xerophyte

Description

Echinocereus scheeriSN|8657]]SN|8657]] var. gentryi f. cucumis cv. Honk Hong is a nice cultivars (hybrid?) with beautiful colourful flowers. The plant itself has a nice yellowhis/green spotted variegation on soft green finger-thick almost spineless stems, and not terrifically dangerous, either.

Flowers

Up to 9,5 cm long, 6,5 cm in diameter with pinky-red petals shading to a bright magenta margin. Throat phosphorescent violet.

Blooming Season

Flowers are produced in early summer and remain open for up to four days, tending to open more at night and the flowering continues for weeks and weeks (unlike Echinopsis which shows off for a day or two).