Alcantarea extensa Size:4.5-inch Pot Steve Correale’s cross of (capitata

Steve Correale’s cross of (capitata (red form) x streptophylla) bears some resemblance to both parent plants

This species is one of the most desirable and interesting of the Pachypodiums and a delight for collectors and a must-have for the caudex lover

Discovered by Roberto Kautsky in Domingos Martins

In bloom it looks like a bouquet of baby’s breath in a tiny bud vase

One of the ‘Turk’s Cap’ cactus family that forms a red cephalium on top of a squat

Alcantarea extensa Size:4.5-inch Pot Steve Correale’s cross of (capitataA large growing species of Alcantarea with broad, channeled, glaucous green leaves in a rosette to over three feet across. The inflorescence is tall, with long branches near the top. The scape bracts are purplish and the floral bracts yellow. Native to exposed rocky and cliff faces in the Atlantic forest of S. E. Brazil.