There are few Hechtia hybrids of any kind which is unfortunate because there are many with great potential. This hybrid has a few cultivars of (texensis x stenopetala) by California Hechtia expert Andy Siekkinen, selected for nearly identical characteristics. This means that it is quite possible to have both male and female plants within this hybrid grex.

A very leafy and of course stiff and wickedly spiny rosette with leaves that taper to a long, narrow point and large spines are hooked inward. Depending on growing conditions, the plant can reach 30 inches across and color in bright light to full sun can vary from red to maroon.

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*Lower leaves may have some spotting

A Tropiflora hybrid with our best red rosea (formerly meziana). These are running the gamut from silver to red, some with scurfing, some without, all nice.

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Long known as Hechtia species Huamelula, this rare and beautiful species has been around for about thirty years but never common. It lives only very high on cliff faces in Huamelula Canyon of Oaxaca, Mexico where it is rare and difficult to access. The plants form rosettes up to 15 inches or more across with very broad, heavily scurffed, thickly succulent leaves that recurve at the tips. Very large marginal spines give the leaf margins a scalloped look. Now newly described as H. lanata. A slow grower that is very seldom available.

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A cultivar of the hybrid marnier-lapostollei x glomerata by Sally Marz. Hechtia hybrids are fairly unusual. This plant, according to the late Dutch Vandeervort is a "A robust version of marnier-lapostollei" - leaves to about 12 inches and was a favorite of his with many gracing his Ventura, California garden. Many narrow, somewhat soft, spiny green leaves dusted with silver. A handsome plant and easy to grow.

A decorative clone of this Mexican species that blushes bright red in stress conditions. We find that the plant is more likely to produce the desired red coloration in winter, or when the plant is under-potted and under-fed. The plant has stout and pronounced red marginal spines. With maturity the plant will produce abundant silvery ‘fuzzy’ trichomes along the leaf margins. The undersides are silvery.

Leaf tips may be trimmed.

This Tropiflora hybrid definitely came out looking more like the H. coerulea parent, with semi-stiff, green, grassy leaves. The leaf margins, although 'spineless', are very sharp and can give a swift ’paper cut’ to the unwary. For something unusual, give one a try!

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