Ursulaea macvaughii ACANTHOSTACHYS but it is reportedly a

but it is reportedly a large growing species

In stronger light

Typical of many other Amazonian plants it is excessively spiny

Different than ‘typical form’in that it’s three or four-angled stems grow in a spiral habit

A beautiful stand out plant

Ursulaea macvaughii ACANTHOSTACHYS but it is reportedly aIf you are familiar with the much more common and only other member of the genus, U. tuitensis, then you still really have no idea what this plant is like! Like U. tuitensis it is a Mexican endemic. A fairly giant grower that can easily reach over 3 feet across with very stiff, spiny, arching leaves, glossy green above, silvery green below, in a widely spreading rosette. The inflorescence is very showy and large, resembling some of the helicoid