USA, Arizona, Maricopa County, Grown in cultivation at Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, N 33 deg 27' 33'', W 111 deg 56' 35'', 1200 ft., 366 m; accession number 1976 0374 0102; originally received as a plant collected by Mr. Kelly of the Arizona Commission of Agriculture and Horticulture 13 December 1976 from Arizona, Maricopa County, Glendale/Phoenix area between 50th Ave and 70th Ave in the Central Arizona Project right of way in the vicinity of the given coordinates as determined by google earth, July 2016, jbw.
33.739184 -112.184729 +-1833m. WGS84
367 meters
1205ft.
Plant height 60 cm, width 60 cm growing upright; stems gray-green with tubercules 25-30 mm in length; spines tan or cream with maroon at base, some with sheaths, under sheaths the spines are reddish-brown at base and amber at tips, older spines dark gray with lighter tips; additional flowers collected March and April 2015, flowers collected mid-day to early afternoon, diameter 48-66 mm, length 40-59 mm, outer perianth golden yellow or deep yellow with maroon veins and blushed maroon on outer tips of tepals, inner perianth golden yellow or deep yellow with maroon veins; stigma lobe number 4-5, light yellow-green; style cream and blushed with pink; filaments maroon; anthers yellow; fruit collected 11 January 2018, dry, tan with permanent spines, diameter 17-20, empty as bottom of fruit missing.
Flowers.
Cactus Voucher Project. This is sheet II/II and has the stems. Sheet I/II is DES00086985 and has the flowers.; Cultivated or Captive