Canistropsis correia-araujoi VIPP 7-8-19 with stiff leaves and large

with stiff leaves and large spines

Serra Rochosa” in eastern Minas Gerais on rocky slopes

Short spines are clustered near the ends of the branches in older specimens

it matures at 8 to 10 inches

cloud forest to grasslands as an epiphyte

Canistropsis correia-araujoi VIPP 7-8-19 with stiff leaves and largeA small to medium grower, about 12 inches or so, in a stoloniferous open rosette of stiff bronzy reddish leaves, it may more closely resemble a Neoregelia to the un trained eye. Its inflorescence is nested in the center and the stiff leaves blush reddish at anthesis. Known from the type collection only in the Jacarepagua area of Rio de Janeiro. *VIPP plants are Offsets