Plant in full sun to light shade in a well-drained soil and irrigate occasionally to infrequently. We know very little about this plant except what it looks like and that it was from seed collected at Tehuacan in the state of Puebla, Mexico.

Hechtia is a genus of about 50 species in the Bromeliad family and resembles and is closely related to Dyckia and Puya but usually has clusters of small white flowers. Unlike the other two genera, which primarily come from South America, the Hechtia come from Central to North American (as far north at Texas) with most of its distribution in Mexico. The genus was named to honor Julius Gottfried Conrad Hecht (1771-1837), a counselor to the King of Prussia. Our thanks to Brian Kemble for this little jewel that we have been building stock on a selected form since first receiving the seed in 2006. 

The information displayed on this page about Hechtia 'Tehuacan' is based on the research we conducted about it in our nursery horticultural library as well as from information provided by reliable online resources. We also include some of our own observations made about this plant as it grows in the nursery gardens and other gardens that we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in the containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments that we have received from others and welcome hearing from anyone with additional information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information that will aid others to better grow it.