Publication: (Monstrous Lobivia hybrid)
Description
Echinopsis cv. Magenta Caterpillar (Lobivia) is a contorted monstrous crest with bright magenta blooms from spring to summer.
Stem: This clone has multi-fan monstrous green stems with flat rounded ribs.
Spines: Tiny, acicular, slightly curved, arranged like little spiders amber coloured, turning greyish eventually.
Flowers: Large, campanulate often crested, bright magenta. Stigma lobes green. Filament red, anthers cream-coloured.
Origin and Habitat
Garden origin.
Cultivation and Propagation
It is a summer grower species that offers no cultivation difficulties, but it is very slow growing. Water regularly in summer (but do not overwater ) keep rather dry in winter. Feed with a high potassium fertilizer in summer. It is quite cold tolerant if kept dry (hardy to -5° C). Need a bright exposure, full sun or half shade in summer.
Propagation: Grafting, cutting.
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