◊◊ CSJ(USA) 50(6):268 (1978)
- Creeping or climbing, up to 3 m, profusely branching. Stems 1.5-2 cm
thick. Ribs (3-)4(-6), 4-7 mm high. Areoles 3-6 cm apart. Spines 2-6, 1-6 mm
long, dirty white to reddish or almost black. Flower 12 cm long, 9-11 cm
broad. Areoles with brown or brown black hairs. Outer petals yellow-green,
with red hue. Inner petals light yellow or tinted greenish. Fruit 5-6 cm
long, 4 cm diameter, purple. Pulpa white.
- Mexico: Jalisco.
Icones. Pl. Succ. 50:268-270" (1978)
NCL 262"