Hechtia integerrima M.B.Foster[as Hechtia integerrima ]

Diagnose: —A H. lindmanioides L. B. Smith, H. tillandsioides (Andre) L B. Smith, atque H. lundelliorum L. B. Smith, cuibus affinis, foliis integerrimis differt.

Observations: —A Hechtia without spiny edged leaves has thus for been unknown, but now, this one has that distinction. Hechtia integerrima has absolutely smooth-edged leaves. During the ten years before this plant flowered, I felt that it might be a smooth-edged Cottendorfia. But then a seven foot spike of delicate white, male Hechtia flowers appeared, and the leaves had no Hechtia-like spines, I was perplexed. Later it was provcn to be another Hechtia species.
Because labels and records have been lost, it is not possible to give an exact location of collection.

Edited from : Bromel. Soc. Bull. 18: 4, fig.. (1968)