Nidularium rosulatum Size:6-inch Pot This one is one third

This one is one third smaller than 'Tiger'

Mexico with a thickly swollen trunk and tan to reddish peeling bark

well spaced tripinnate branches forming a cylindrical

often breaking loose and falling into the sea

The color of a mature plant is olive green with a heavy net like pattern of intense pink

Nidularium rosulatum Size:6-inch Pot This one is one thirdA fairly large and handsome species with light green arching leaves in a rosette to about 30 inches across. The leaves are somewhat channeled and the leaf margins have moderate spines. The inflorescence is stellate with showy carmine red bracts up to 4 inches or so in length nested in the center of the rosette. Once common in Brazils Rio de Janeiro State where it grows on the ground in shady restinga habitat, but is now quite rare in the wild. Easy to