HUASTECANUM Reyes et al., 2020
Section Diotostemon
Distribution : Mexico (Huasteca region in Nuevo León).
Description :
Perennial suffrutescent plant.
Roots fibrous.
Stems much branched near the base, 5 - 10 cm long, 1 - 1.5 cm thick at the base.
Rosette dense, 8 - 10 cm in diameter.
Leaves ascending, 4 - 6 cm long, 1 - 1.5 cm wide, oblanceolate, flat to slightly concave, olive-green to bluish-green, somewhat farinose, margins entire, apex acute, hyaline, reddish.
Flowering stems near the apex of the branches, 30 - 40 cm long, greenish to reddish, ascending to pendant.
Inflorescence a cincinnus, pink, with 13 - 20 flowers, bracts soon deciduous, ascending, oblanceolate, spurred, 10 - 15 mm long, ca 5. mm wide, green to pink-green, floral bracts 5 - 10 mm long, 3 - 5 mm wide, lanceolate, green to pink-green, spurred, somewhat pruinose, pedicels 5 - 10 mm long.
Flowers : Sepals unequal, oblong to lanceolate, the smaller ones 4.5 - 6 x 2 - 3 mm, the larger ones 6 - 6.5 x 3-5 - 4.5 mm, pale green, apex acute, corolla campanulate, petals erect, 10 - 12 x 4 - 5 mm, apex mucronate, purplish-pink, appendages flattened.
Photos Margrit Bischofberger