Nidularium rosulatum Size:6-inch Pot but it's obvious that the

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A wonderful species that we collected originally on the eastern slopes of the Andes in Ecuador

a sandy coastal strip with sparse cover

This is one of the most spectacularly colored Aechmeas

Nidularium rosulatum Size:6-inch Pot but it's obvious that theA fairly large and handsome species with light green arching leaves in a rosette to about 30 inches across. The leaves are somewhat channeled and the leaf margins have moderate spines. The inflorescence is stellate with showy carmine red bracts up to 4 inches or so in length nested in the center of the rosette. Once common in Brazils Rio de Janeiro State where it grows on the ground in shady restinga habitat, but is now quite rare in the wild. Easy to