USA, Arizona, Cochise 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 1992 1283 0103; originally received as a plant collected by Liz Ecker 116, 23 October 1992 with Hodgson and Rebman, from Arizona, Cochise County; Dragoon Mountains, Cochise Stronghold, East Canyon; subsection SE 1/4 NE 1/4, Section 26 T17S R23E; N 31 deg 55' 42'', W 110 deg 58' 08''; altitude 5200 ft.; collector's notes: occasional on steep rocky granitic outcrops, SE exposure, full sun; abundance 11-30 plants in 500 by 500 m; plant community Quercus-Arctostaphylus-Garrya; Associated plants: Quercus sp., Quercus emoryi, Dasylirion wheeleri, Andropogon, Arctostaphylus, Garrya, Selaginella sp., Agave schottii, Agave palmeri, Yucca schottii, Nolina microcarpa.
31.928333 -110.968889
31d 55m 42s N; 110d 58m 8s W
1584 meters
5200ft.
Flower diameter 73 mm, length 69 mm, outer perianth magenta with light brown midstripe, inner perianth magenta, white at base; stigma lobe number 15, color dark green; small bee collecting pollen, small beetle-like insect present; plant is dead.