Echinopsis-Hybriden Charlemagne

|3-4 cm Ø|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.

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