ISI Schick Hybrids

Echinopsis 'Raoul Wallenberg'

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Echinopsis 'Raoul Wallenberg'  

Flower to 4-¾ inches (12 cm) across, but usually less. Petals strikingly bicolored, glossy reddish-purple and orange. Stem semi-columnar, to nearly 4-¾ inches (12 cm) in diameter; spines to 5/8 inch (16 cm) long. This hybrid is named in honor of the Swedish businessman and diplomat who established safe-havens from the Nazis during WWII thereby saving the lives of some 100,000 Hungarian Jews. ISI 2003-4; HBG 89132, Schick 1664-32.