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  Echinopsis hybrid
cv. SPRING BLUSH
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A Schick Hybrid.  ISI 97-31; HBG 80617, Schick 1235-56.
Echinopsis "SPRING BLUSH" has enormous flowers 15-16 cm (or more) in diameter.

 

Description: This cultivar is the result of more than 20 years of devoted work by cacti enthusiast and hybridiser Bob Schick .
Stem: Semicolumnar,  up to 10cm in diameter.
Flower:
Up to
16 cm across scented.
Inner tepals: O
bovate, acute, mucronate and lacerate, beige-pink with white to yellow basal stripe and pink midrib.
Outer tetals: acute, light purplish-pink, with darker midrib.
Filaments: Inner filaments dark amber, outers paler.
Spines:
Central spine up to 14 mm long.

 

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.

Family: Cactaceae (Cactus Family)

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

Conservation status: Listed in CITES appendix 2.

 


The blooms have a pleasant scent.

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