Xerophyte

Tepals

Obovate, acute, mucronate and lacerate, beige-pink with white to yellow basal stripe and pink midrib.

Acute, light purplish-pink, with darker midrib.

Description

This cultivar is the result of more than 20 years of devoted work by cacti enthusiast and hybridiser Bob Schick. (ISI 97-31; HBG 80617, Schick 1235-56.)

Filaments

Inner filaments dark amber, outers paler.

Flowers

Up to 16 cm across scented.

Spines

Central spine up to 14 mm long.

Stem

Semi-columnar, up to 10cm in diameter.