Hechtia sp Zizanda, Oaxaca SEEDS

Hechtia sp. Zizanda, Oaxaca seeds grow into a terrestrial xerophytic bromeliad a collector’s field-collection from the Zizanda locality in Oaxaca state, Mexico. Oaxaca is the global centre of Hechtia diversity, harboring more species than any other Mexican state in its extraordinary mosaic of dry tropical forests, rocky canyons and semi-arid zones. This sp. designation represents an undescribed or informally named Hechtia from the Oaxacan dry tropical zone. A dioecious terrestrial perennial of subfamily Hechtioideae forming a ground-level rosette of stiff, spiny-margined leaves adapted to Oaxacan dry conditions. Family Bromeliaceae.

Full sun; extremely well-drained rocky soils; very drought-tolerant; warm subtropical conditions of the Oaxacan dry tropics.

• Collector’s field-collection from Zizanda, Oaxaca; undescribed or informally named
• Dioecious; stiff spiny-margined leaves; ground-level rosette; terrestrial xerophyte
• Mexico (Oaxaca, Zizanda) seasonally dry tropical biome; Oaxacan dry tropical zone
• Oaxaca = global centre of Hechtia diversity; more species than any other Mexican state
• Full sun; rocky dry soils; drought-tolerant; warm subtropical; Family Bromeliaceae

Hechtia sp. Zizanda represents a bromeliad from the world’s most Hechtia-rich landscape the rocky dry tropics of Oaxaca, where the extraordinary speciation of this genus has produced more species than anywhere else on earth, potentially adding a new name to this remarkable genus.

IMPORTANT: Pictures show the adult plant, which is not for sale. The offer is only for seeds.