Orthophytum cf. leprosum Size:6-inch Pot A colorful plant

A colorful plant

probably from Margarita Island off the coast of Venezuela

There is some considerable discussion that this is actually a natural hybrid

when it blushes bright red

shape and size

Orthophytum cf. leprosum Size:6-inch Pot A colorful plantThis plant is from the group of confusingly similar species including disjunctum and leprosum. This plant from Minas Gerais, Brazil, favors the leprosum but we have not had a taxonomist pass judgment on this one yet. A large, wide leaved, silvery plant with arching foliage in a 24 inch rosette. The foliage is somewhat soft with prominent marginal spines. The inflorescence is a tall scape with long leaf like bracts and clusters of short branches with