Hylaeaicum species stoloniferum Colombia vipp 1-2 with a taller than typical

with a taller than typical scape and cluster of branches

In the typical form the leaves flare out at the tip but with the ‘Tim Plowman‘ clone they form a curl

A truly magnificent hybrid by John Arden

An 8 to 10 inch rosette of many very narrow

concentrated towards the reddish leaf tips

Hylaeaicum species stoloniferum Colombia vipp 1-2 with a taller than typicalThis is an unidentified species of Hylaeaicum collected by Jeffery Kent in Colombia. Typical of Hylaeaicum which are all native to the Amazon Basin or Amazon slopes of the Andes, they are stoloniferous epiphytes with spiny leaves and tightly compressed central inflorescences of white flowers. This plant could be one of the eleutheropetalum, roseum or meeanum group and likely is. It grows to about 12 to 16 inches across with very spiny leaves with a