Hechtia isthmusiana AECHMEA Deep blue flowers are long

Deep blue flowers are long and tubular

The inflorescence is a short scape with a cluster of glabrous yellow to reddish branches and blue flowers

As with all chantinii cultivars

A Grant Groves hybrid of unreported parentage

Hechtia isthmusiana AECHMEA Deep blue flowers are longA 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