Echinopsis-Hybriden Maria Piazza HBG80605, Schick1373-52

|2,5-4 cm Ø|Flower to 6 inches (15 cm) across. Petals lance-linear, involute and broadly ruffled, rich purplish-pink with dark pinkish-red midrib. Throat-circle white. Filaments purplish-pink. Stigma exserted, white. Stems freely pupping, globular, to 4 inches (9.5 cm) in diameter; central spines to 1-1/8 inches (30 mm) long. Named for Maria Piazza, former proprietor of Cactus by Mueller, who chose it as her favorite among many of the other hybrids in bloom. Originally called Maria, a name already used by another hybridizer

hints on cultivation:
from the veld and mountains, sunny and well ventilated without glass cover, no full sun (especially young plants), sufficient moist especially during warm periods, 8-12 °C during rest season, plants from high mountains also below, light, cool and almost dry

suggested soil for these plants:
Kakteen-Haage cactus soil