Echinopsis cactus flowers mid-May to early June 2025

In this post, I showed you photos of 18 echinopsis hybrids that were in flower at the same time (May 8 and May 9, 2025). While that was this year’s megabloom, there has been a lot more flower action since then.

This post is not only a showcase for pretty flowers, it’s also a reference for myself to go back to in future years. If you’re only here for the pictures, simply skip the text.

These echinopsis hybrids flowered in our garden from mid-May to early June 2025:

1. Echinopsis ‘Apricot Glow’
2. Echinopsis ‘Celeste’
3. Echinopsis ‘Daydream’
4. Echinopsis ‘Easter Parade’
5. Echinopsis ‘For Norma’
6. Echinopsis ‘Intensiv’
7. Echinopsis ‘Napaea’
8. Echinopsis ‘Sex on the Beach’
9. Echinopsis ‘Shades of Bourne’
10. Echinopsis ‘Sleeping Beauty’
11. Echinopsis ‘Super Apricot’
12. Echinopsis ‘Tondelayo’

As you’ll see in many of the photos below, there can be quite a difference between how a flower looks in the shade and in the sun. In addition, colors often change as the flower ages.

Echinopsis ‘Apricot Glow’

Hybridizer: Mark Dimmitt, USA

Flower size: 4-5 inches

Note: to 2 feet in height

Echinopsis ‘Apricot Glow’

Echinopsis ‘Celeste’

Hybridizer: Bob Schick, USA

Flower size: 4-5 inches

Note: Huntington introduction (ISI 2000-5)

Echinopsis ‘Celeste’

Echinopsis ‘Daydream’

Hybridizer: Bob Schick, USA

Flower size: 4-5 inches

Note: Huntington introduction (ISI 98-7)

Echinopsis ‘Daydream’

Echinopsis ‘Daydream’

Echinopsis ‘Daydream’

Echinopsis ‘Easter Parade’

Hybridizer: “often attributed to Bob Schick, but it is not from him and the breeder is actually Zelenak in the USA” (source)

Flower size: 2 inches

Note: Technically a Lobivia hybrid. The flowers are tiny, but they’re exquisite and they last for 2-3 days.

Echinopsis ‘Easter Parade’

Echinopsis ‘First Light’

Hybridizer: Mark Dimmitt, USA

Flower size: 5 inches

Note: Big wave of flowers in early May (see here)

Echinopsis ‘First Light’

Echinopsis ‘For Norma’

Hybridizer: Bob Schick, USA

Flower size: 5 inches

Note: Huntington introduction (ISI 2015-02)

Echinopsis ‘For Norma’

Echinopsis ‘For Norma’

Echinopsis ‘For Norma’

Echinopsis ‘Intensiv’

Hybridizer: Andreas Wessner, Germany

Flower size: 4 inches

Note: hybridizer code AW 319

Echinopsis ‘Intensiv’

Echinopsis ‘Krakatoa’

Hybridizer: Bob Schick, USA

Flower size: 5 inches

Note: Huntington introduction (ISI 2000-16)

Echinopsis ‘Krakatoa’

Echinopsis ‘Napaea’

Hybridizer: Bob Schick, USA

Flower size: 4 inches

Note: Huntington introduction (ISI 2002-47)

Echinopsis ‘Napaea’

Echinopsis ‘Sex on the Beach’

Hybridizer: Klaus-Peter Mügge, Germany

Flower size: 5 inches

Echinopsis ‘Sex on the Beach’

Echinopsis ‘Shades of Bourne’

Hybridizer: Southfield Nurseries, UK

Flower size: 4 inches

Note: Southfield Nurseries in Morton, Lincolnshire have created dozens of echinopsis hybrids named after the nearby town of Bourne.

Echinopsis ‘Shades of Bourne’

Echinopsis ‘Sleeping Beauty’

Hybridizer: Bob Schick, USA

Flower size: 4-5 inches

Note: Huntington introduction (ISI 97-28). Very fragrant; probably the most fragrant hybrid I have.

Echinopsis ‘Sleeping Beauty’

Echinopsis ‘Sleeping Beauty’

Echinopsis ‘Sleeping Beauty’

Echinopsis ‘Sleeping Beauty’

Echinopsis ‘Sleeping Beauty’

Echinopsis ‘Sleeping Beauty’ (shade)

Echinopsis ‘Sleeping Beauty’ (shade)

Echinopsis ‘Super Apricot’

Hybridizer: Anton Maas

Flower size: 5 inches

Note: ‘Apricot’ × ‘Super Gelb’, spectacular flowers with ragged petals. I have two specimens; they look slightly different, both in terms of color and amount of serration. As of June 2025, my favorite echinopsis hybrid.

Echinopsis ‘Super Apricot’ #1 in the shade

Echinopsis ‘Super Apricot’ #1 in the sun

Echinopsis ‘Super Apricot’ #1 in the sun

Echinopsis ‘Super Apricot’ #2

Echinopsis ‘Super Apricot’ #2

Echinopsis ‘Tondelayo’

Hybridizer: Bob Schick, USA

Flower size: 5 inches

Note: Huntington introduction (ISI 97-34)

Echinopsis ‘Tondelayo’ on the right, with Echinopsis ‘Celeste’ on the left

Echinopsis ‘Tondelayo’

Echinopsis ‘Tondelayo’

Echinopsis ‘Tondelayo’

Echinopsis ‘Vanilla Ice’

Hybridizer: Brent Wigand, USA

Flower size: 4 inches

Note: In the photos below, the flowers are fully open; they never open more than that.

Echinopsis ‘Vanilla Ice’

Echinopsis ‘Vanilla Ice’

But wait, there’s more!

In addition to the Echinopsis/Trichocereus/Lobivia hybrids above, these cacti also flowered in the last few weeks:

1. Acanthocalycium spiniflorum
2. Astrophytum asterias
3. Astrophytum capricorne
4. Astrophytum myriostigma
5. Astrophytum ornatum
6. Chamaecereus hybrids
7. Echinocactus horizonthalonius
8. Echinocereus dasyacanthus
9. Echinocereus dasyacanthus var. ctenoides
10. Echinocereus pentalophus
11. Echinocereus poselgeri
12. Echinocereus reichenbachii
13. Echinocereus rigidissimus var. rubrispinus
14. Echinocereus schmollii
15. Echinocereus viereckii var. morricalii
16. Echinocereus × lloydii ‘Persimmon Orange’
17. Homalocephala texensis
18. Lobivia acanthoplegma var. roseiflora
19. Lobivia hybrid
20. Parodia elegans
21. Parodia mammulosa
22. Parodia mammulosa var. roseolutea
23. Parodia muller-melchersii ssp. guiterrezii
24. Tephrocactus alexanderi

I’ll feature them in a separate post, otherwise this post would become much too long.

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