USA, Texas, Brewster County, 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 1995 0115 0103; originally received as pads collected by Liz Slauson 258/259, 8 April 1995 with Wendy Hodgson, Ted Anderson and Jackie Poole from Texas, Brewster County, Big Bend Ranch State Park ca. 2.9 miles from gate at Lajiatas on west sode of the road on rocky limestone soils; N 29 deg 18.31' W 103 deg 46.31', elevation 810 m; collector's notes: locally frequent; full sun, 0 inches of litter; parent rock = limestone; associated plants: Acacia constricta, Larrea tridentata, Jatropha dioica, Fouquieria splendens, Yucca treculeana, Prosopis glandulosa, Bouteloua sp., Guaiacum angustifolium, Atriplex canascens; originally received as Opuntia violaceae var. macrocentra, name changed per Cactus CITES checklist; collected by permissions with Texas State Permit SPR 0493-607.
29.305167 -103.771833
29d 18.31m S; 103d 46.31m W
810 metros (2657pies)
Flower diameter 69 mm, length 73 mm, outer perianth very light yellow with a wide reddish blush at the center of a greenish-brown midstripe; inner perianth very pale yellow tips with a blush of magenta for a midstripe, tips have a very mall magenta spot; stigma lobe number 7, color light yellow; flower collected mid morning; plant height 45 cm; pad bluish-gray-green; spines dark brown with white on tips, spines 1-2 per areole; areoles reddish; fruit collected 31 October 2006, fruit tan and dry, diameter 16.5 mm, length 26 mm; seeds golden tan at 5 mm.