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Echinopsis 'EDWARDIAN LADY' ISI 98-8; HBG 81760 Schick hybrid
Flowers are without equal for their delicate beauty,  the petals are pastel with exquisite shades of purple, pink and peach yellow.

Description: This is one of the beautiful cultivar with delicate pastel shades, it is the result of more than 20 years of devoted work by cacti enthusiast and hybridiser Bob Schick .
Stem: Spherical, up to 9 cm in diameter, freely pupping.
Spines: Short, up to 4 mm long with a rich, sweet fragrance
Flower: Up to 12 cm across.
Tepals: Slender obovate nicely ruffled, bicolored delicate purplish-pink to light peach and white with orangish to tawny midrib and narrow bright yellow basal stripe..
Throat-circle: White.
Filaments: White. Outer stamens form a pretty wide circle
Stigma: White central.

Cultivation: This plant is a summer grower species that offers no cultivation difficulties. Water regularly in summer (but do not overwater ) needs good drainage and very porous soil, keep rather dry in winter. Feed with a high potassium fertilizer in summer. Need a bright exposure, full sun or half shade in summer if the location is exceedingly hot or bright.
 

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Origin:  Garden origin (A distictive cultivar created by cacti enthusiast and hybridiser Bob Schick )

Conservation status: Listed in CITES appendix 2.

Often the older a cactus becomes the more floriferous, the blooms it will produce sometimes completely cover the plant.
 

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