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

ensuring proper drainage to prevent root rot in this succulent species

creating a striking star-like floral form

and the prominent lip is boldly veined and flared at the margins

Watering: Water thoroughly when top inch of soil approaches dryness

Best cultivated on a cork mount or in a small container filled with a coarse

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