From the vicinity of Municipio de Grao Mogol, in northern Minas Gerais, Brazil. A smallish species with secund leaves bearing very large marginal spines. The color silvery green to whitish with new growth being bright green. Sun exposure can cause the leaves to tint reddish or dark brownish-red. The inflorescence reaches about three feet tall and is simple, brownish-silver with flowers bearing green petals. The habit is clustering with short rhizomes. Grows in dry, rocky cerrado vegetation. 

A bigeneric hybrid that was made at Tropiflora. A medium size plant with a rosette of few leaves. Silver grey trichomes cover the leaves. The is a hint of burgundy at the leaf axils. The recurving leaves have large spines along the edges. The plants we have are grown from seedlings and have slight variations from each other.

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An endemic rupicolous species that is native to Brazil. It is slow to propagate so it takes a while to have them available for sale. The plant forms a large open rosette, to over 24 inches across with recurving stiff glossy green leaves that have large spines. Prefers to be grown in bright light.