Canistropsis correia-araujoi VIPP 7-8-19 A clone of this wide

A clone of this wide spread species that we collected some years ago in Guatopo

A rosette of stiff

Some are narrow leaved and graceful while others are more robust

Serra Rochosa” in eastern Minas Gerais on rocky slopes

Typical of Hylaeaicum which are all native to the Amazon Basin or Amazon slopes of the Andes

Canistropsis correia-araujoi VIPP 7-8-19 A clone of this wideA 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