BICOLOR var. TURUMIQUIRENSIS Steyermark, 1952 (engl./ fr.)

NOT IN CULTIVATION

Type : Julian A. Steyermark 62491, collected in bluff crevices, north-facing slopes between La Trinidad and zone of cloud forest, Cerro Turumiquire, state of Sucre, Venezuela, 1700 - 2000 m, May 5, 1945. 

Distribution : Venezuela (eastern section of the Venezuelan Andes in the states of Sucre and Monagas, 1700 - 2000 m - according to Ch. Uhl, Cactus and Succulent Journal US 64(3), 1992).

First Description by Steyermark  in Fieldiana, Botany  28(2): 244. 1952 :

Sepals erect, ascending to appressed, pale green, corolla deep red; leaves fleshy-coriaceous, pale green above, paler green below.

From typical E. bicolor (included in which species are E. bracteolata Link, Klotzsch, & Otto, and E. venezuelensis Rose) this differs in having

- shorter peduncles,

- a shorter, more crowded inflorescence with 5 - 8 instead of 12 - 20 flowers,

- and longer petals which on average are 12 - 14 mm long instead of 8 - 10 mm.

- The petals are deep red in this new variety, whereas in the species they vary from vermilion-orange and vermilion-scarlet to salmon or salmon with yellowish tips. 

Link to the French translation.