Hechtia isthmusiana AECHMEA apple green with a broad

apple green with a broad white stripe up the center of the leaf

An open rosette of light green

leaf-like scape bracts and a cluster of upright angled

Grows well potted or mounted

barely over a half inch wide

Hechtia isthmusiana AECHMEA apple green with a broadA smallish (compared to many) species from the hot deserts and rocky hillsides of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Oaxaca, Mexico. Living in rocky soil and on rocks, in the dry scrub and deciduous tropical forests, in full sun. The leaves are heavily spined, but not as much as some species, and the leaves pale green that blushes pink in the full sun. A stoloniferous species, a rare trait in Hechtia. The inflorescence is about 24 inches tall with many