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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As rare as they come. This is a beauty from Bahia, Brazil described by Luther & Norton, SEL96-0587A. A showy species with center leaves upright, fairly stiff and bright maroon-red. Lower leaves tend to drape over. Mature at about 3 feet tall, it produces a showy inflorescence with a red rachis and branches with greenish sepals that starts erect then drapes over of its own weight. A showy species suited to full sun. This plant is in few collections, anywhere.

A stunning sport of the species that probably needs no introduction. Since its initial release it has been eagerly sought by collectors from all over the world. One of the upright, tubular or vase shaped species of Hohenbergia, it is a relatively small grower with thick, leathery leaves bearing huge marginal spines and curling downwards towards the tips. The form known as 'Karla' sported in the collection of Herman Prinsler of Germany and he named it after his wife. Now widely distributed but still much sought, easy to grow in 'typical' bromeliad conditions, perhaps a bit on the dry side.

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