Very particular flower with white petals that fade into purple at the tip. The tip of the petal is more o less elegantly curled in a unique and characteristic way.
The parents of this beautiful hybrid are Lobivia hybrid DESSAU and Trichocereus purpureopilosus. The breeder is Hartmut Kellner. It has a gorgeous contrast of purple and white, similar to its ancestor DESSAU. It is a sister plant of the well known ALTENA
A gorgeous spring to summer bloomer, Lobivia pentlandii cv. PINK TEMPTATION, features cream and pale pink blooms that are freely produced at the base of green stems with long yellow spines (up to 15 cm long!).
11 cm blooms with pink-red inner petals (orange/purple hints) and longer yellow outers, mimicking a solar eclipse. Golden throat and ringed stamens perfect this celestial display.
Flower fragrant, up to 12 cm across. Petals ruffled, bicolored pastel magenta to dusky purplish-red and bronzy-orange with light red midrib. Outer petals paler than inners. Throat-circle and stigma white. Filaments light pink to light orangish.
Peculiar and rare variety with brown-purple epidermis, the intensity of the colors increases with exposure to sunlight and in winter with cooler temperatures. Pink-purple flowers.
Ultra-rare crested form of the renowned Echinopsis “Madame Pele”. Bicolored petals in deep vermilion, with electric magenta edges. Only a handful exist—an extraordinary find for serious collectors. Passa al vecchio editor
