Echinopsis 'Charlemagne'
4th October 2018
A hybrid raised by Bob Schick (Schick 1395-9).
The Huntington Botanic Garden listing describes it as:
Flower with a musty fragrance, to 6 inches (15 cm) across. Petals oblanceolate, banana-yellow, outer petals and sepals projecting beyond inners.
Filaments varying from light orangish-yellow to darker russet-orange. Flowers have a musty aroma. Stem semicolumnar, to 3¾ inches (9.5 cm) in diameter; central spines to ¾ inch (20 mm) long.
The impressive flowers are not only large but relatively long-lasting. Named for Charlemagne, king of the Franks and Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in the eight and ninth centuries A.D.
ISI 99-5; HBG 82617, Schick 1395-9.
References:
Huntington Botanic Gardens, San Marino, California, www.huntington.org/