Hechtia galeottii seeds grow into a terrestrial xerophytic bromeliad endemic to the seasonally dry tropical biome of north-central Oaxaca state, Mexico. Named after Charles Theodore Galeotti (18131858), a French-Belgian botanist and horticulturalist who made extensive plant collections in Mexico between 1835 and 1840. A dioecious terrestrial perennial of subfamily Hechtioideae, forming a ground-level rosette of stiff, spiny-margined leaves adapted to the rocky, arid terrain of the Oaxacan Caada and Mixteca regions. Family Bromeliaceae.

Full sun; extremely well-drained rocky soils; very drought-tolerant; warm subtropical conditions of the northern Oaxaca highlands.

• Named after French-Belgian botanist Charles Theodore Galeotti (18131858), Mexican collector
• Dioecious; stiff spiny-margined leaves; ground-level rosette; terrestrial xerophyte
• Mexico (N. Central Oaxaca) seasonally dry tropical biome; Caada/Mixteca region
• Subfamily Hechtioideae; Oaxaca is the global centre of Hechtia diversity
• Full sun; rocky dry soils; drought-tolerant; warm subtropical; Family Bromeliaceae

Hechtia galeottii honours French-Belgian botanist Charles Galeotti a ground-dwelling xerophytic bromeliad from the rocky, dry landscapes of northern Oaxaca, one of the most diverse states in the world for Hechtia and a centre of the genus’s extraordinary speciation.

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