It is not easy to get hold of the true species, quite often under this name are offered various, superficially similar forms of C. suworowianus which sometimes do resemble C. hakkariensis by the shape of the flower segments – they are distinctly wedge-like and somewhat angular at the tips (obtrullate). But any doubts disappear when the throat is checked for in C. hakkariensis it is distinctly hairy and nude in its relatives. In cultivation C. hakkariensis requires hot and dry conditions during the summer. Very rare in cultivation. Offered plants were originally collected in Iran, at border with Hakkari Province of Turkey.