Flower to 5½ inches (14 cm) across. Petals obovate, veiny, dark, rust-orange with orange midrib. Filaments vermilion. Stigma conspicuous, dark green, in a semi-circular sea of cream-colored anthers. Stem semicolumnar, to nearly 3¼ inches (8 cm) in diameter; central spines to 1⅜ inches (34 mm) long. ISI 2000-27; HBG 85200, Schick 1652-62.
