The sepals on this flower are, for the most part, consistently quilled, giving the bloom an exotic look. So named because of the quilled sepals, and a porcupine has.... well, you get the idea. We won't even get into the idea that the bloom's color is similar to that of a porcupine as roadkill.

On the few occasions where the sepals don't quill, this is what the flower looks like. Photo by: Nick Chase.

A piece was given to Ron Valente in May 1999 for propagation and eventual introduction. I'm not planning to do much hybridizing with diploids, except as pod parents for cross-ploidy hybridizing (that is, creating "natural" tetraploids); but I'm always on the outlook for unusual forms in any diploids I do get.