Disocactus ×violaceus

Disocactus ×violaceus (F.Sm. & A.Sm. ex Mast.) Barthlott (1991)

🌵 Author(s)	Barthlott
🌵 Basionym	Phyllocactus ×violaceus (1869)
🌵 Basionym author(s)	Maxwell Tylden Masters
🌵 Basionym published in	Gard. Chron. 1869(25): 666, 692
🌵 Hybrid parents	Disocactus ackermannii Disocactus speciosus

Etymology

Latin vĭŏlācĕus ‘violet-colored’. For the “large crimson flowers, shot with purple in the centre” (Masters).