Xerophyte

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.