Hechtia schottii
A spiny, terrestrial, dioecious bromeliad of the Yucatán Peninsula, growing in colonies on limestone in sunny, seasonally dry scrub and low forest near sea level. Grow it like a hot-climate agave: full sun, a gritty mineral mix and a dry rest in winter and spring.
Where it grows wild
Hechtia are xerophytic rosette bromeliads that grow on rocky, shallow, limestone soils, and the low-elevation Yucatán records fit dry coastal scrub and the open edges of deciduous forest. Species-specific habitat notes were thin; this follows the genus and the measured sites.
8–917 m, median 65 m; essentially a lowland plant.
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