Zootrophion dayanum 'Gigi' (Big) Benzingia ensuring proper drainage to prevent

ensuring proper drainage to prevent root rot in this succulent species

The nominal subspecies of Pths

producing dozens of small flowers simultaneously on short ramicauls at foliage level

star-shaped flowers with narrow reflexed tepals and a contrasting white-to-lavender trilobed lip

Zootrophion dayanum 'Gigi' (Big) Benzingia ensuring proper drainage to preventA large, well established division of this selected cultivar from the cloud forests of Ecuador, forming voluminous, multi growth clumps with large, thick, intensely glossy ovate leaves. The pendant flowers are among the most architecturally imposing in the genus: large, strongly ribbed ellipsoid structures with dense papillose texture and a prominent lateral aperture revealing a contrasting interior produced directly from the pseudobulb base in a