Hechtia 'Aztec Sun' Size:Offset A clone of 3 large

A clone of 3 large growing species from the area between Rio and Sao Paulo Brazil

heavily covered in silvery trichomes and slightly curling at their tips

A species reaching 12 to 24in with green leaves bearing a light scurf and moderate spines in a full rosette

The native habitat is open limestone slopes

Hechtia 'Aztec Sun' Size:Offset A clone of 3 largeUnknown as to where this plant originally come from. Named by Bill Baker, so it is possible that it is a species. A very leafy and of course stiff and wickedly spiny rosette with leaves that taper to a long, narrow point and large hooked spines. Depending on growing conditions, the plant can reach 24 inches across and color in bright light to full sun is red and has a layer of white scurf on the underside of the leaves the extends out to the spines.