Publication: Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] 3 teil, 6a abt. 184. 1894
From llifle page Echinopsis rojasii
Origin and Habitat
Bolivia (Western South America, Southern America)
Source: Echinopsis rojasii, LLIFLE - Encyclopedia of living forms, CC-BY-SA, retrieved 2026-10-25.
From llifle page Lobivia obrepanda var. purpurea
Description
Echinopsis obrepanda var. purpurea are presumed natural hybrids derived from crosses between a member or members of the obrepanda group and one or more unknown lobivias. (Perhaps Lobivia mizquensis, Lobivia pojoensis or other similar species, Both with red flower and regarded as varieties of Lobivia calorubra).
Remarks: This hybrid forms are often listed as subspecies of Echinopsis obrepanda but the mixtures of Echinopsis/Lobivia characteristics in virtually all of the presumed hybrids is a good indication that they do have a hybrid origin.
The intermediate-type characteristics are:
Throat lengths: Short in the lobivias and long in the Obrepanda group.
Flower colour: Red in the lobivias and white in the Obrepanda group.
Throat colour: Red in the lobivias, light greenish in the Obrepanda group.
Rim stamen colour: Red in the lobivias and white in the Obrepanda group, and
Throat stamen color: Red in the lobivias, distally white and light green basally in the Obrepanda group.
This hybrids can be easily distinguished From Echinopsis by their colored flowers and by their rib tubercles, most of which are hatchet-shaped at least in the apical portions of the stems.
Origin and Habitat
Bolivia (Natural hybrid)
Cultivation and Propagation
The Violet Easter Lily Cactus 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. It is quite frost resistant if kept dry (hardy to -7° C). Need a bright exposure, full sun or half shade in summer.
Propagation: Direct sow after last frost, offsets.
Source: Lobivia obrepanda var. purpurea, LLIFLE - Encyclopedia of living forms, CC-BY-SA, retrieved 2026-10-25.
Cultivars and forms (3)
Subspecies (1)
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