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A Schick Hybrid.  ISI 97-30; HBG 80616, Schick 1255-30.

Description: This cultivar is the result of more than 20 years of devoted work by cacti enthusiast and hybridiser Bob Schick .
Stem: Spherical to semicolumnar, up to 8 cm across, freely pupping.
Spines: Central spine up to 20-25 mm long.
Flower: Up to 11 cm across.
Tepals: Tepals not numberose, slender lanceolate to obovate, bicolored  mainly deep magenta with thin, dark bronzy-orange or deep red basal stripe and midrib. Outer tepaloids and sepaloids similar in colour to inner tepals.
Throat-circle: With a bright white ring.
Filaments: Magenta.
Stigma: White.

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.
 

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

Conservation status: Listed in CITES appendix 2.

The blooms are magenta and bicoloured with bronze/orange, an unusual combination of colours.
 

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