Description
‘Madame Pele’ 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 99-13; HBG 82625, Schick 881-33). Mr. Schick named this plant after “Madame Pele” the Hawaiian Volcano and Fire Goddess. The flower is very impressive and it is not easy to reproduce the radiance and vividness of colours in a photography.
Flowers: Bicoloured flowers up to 10/12 cm across.
Tepals: Oblanceolate, partially involute dark vermilion sometimes with bright contrasting paler magenta margin.
Stamens: with dark red filaments.
Anthers: Whitish with pure white stigma.
Throat-circle: Yellowish.
Origin and Habitat
Garden origin (A distictive cultivar created by cacti enthusiast and hybridiser Bob Schick )
Bibliography
Major references and further lectures
- John N. Trager “Huntington Botanical Gardens” online: http://www.huntington.org/BotanicalDiv/Schick/hybrids/madame\_pele.html retrieved on 03-11-2013
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