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Endangered
Cultivar
Primary
Accepted
Echinopsis cv. Don Juan
Echinopsis cv. Don Juan
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Central Spines
Up to17 mm long.
Tepals
Lanceolate, bicoloured deep purple with a deep red base and midrib, outer tepals and sepaloids projecting beyond inners, largely red.
Description
‘Don Juan’ 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 97-9; HBG 80595, Schick 936-2.)
Stigma
Light green. Pale orange.
Filaments
Dark waxy red or purplish.
Anthers
Cream-coloured.
Flowers
Blooms are star-like, to 12 cm across.
Stem
Semicolumnar, to 9 cm in diameter.