Flower to 4 inches (10 cm) across. Petals oblanceolate, subequal, dark pinkish-purple, with darker midrib. Throat-circle and filaments dark purplish-pink. Stigma dark green. Stem semicolumnar, to 3 inches (7.5 cm) in diameter; central spines to 1½ inches (39 mm) in length. ISI 99-22; HBG 82634, Schick 1645-17.
