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Echinopsis 'Charlemagne'
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 3 ¾ 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. |
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