Flattened globular or elongated, from gray-green to purple-brown, up to 9 cm in diameter and 10 cm in height.
Flower: Funnel-shaped, from the sides at the top, white with a pink throat up to 4.5 cm long and 5 cm in diameter. The outer tepals are up to 20 mm long and 5 mm wide, broadly lanceolate, brownish in color, the inner tepals are 26 mm long and 6 mm wide, lanceolate, pointed from white to bright white.