This is a robust member of its genus with stout, three-angled leaves to 4" long and ½" wide. Correspondingly robust are its huge flowers to 4" across of bright, betalain magenta. We offer rooted cuts of HBG 100472, a plant from a cutting from Seymour Linden that was said to have “the largest flower on the hill”. $10.

Published in the Cactus and Succulent Journal, Vol. 92 (2), Summer 2020