Nidularium rosulatum Size:6-inch Pot it blushes red on the

it blushes red on the upper leaves at anthesis

A widely variable species in the subgenus Diaphoranthema

A species of the Amazonian slopes of the Andes in northern Peru and adjacent Ecuador

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a sandy coastal strip with sparse cover

Nidularium rosulatum Size:6-inch Pot it blushes red on theA 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