SUBGENUS: astrophea
SUPERSECTION: astrophea
SECTION: capreolata
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OR ORIGIN:
Costa Rica, Santo Domingo.
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: 12 °C
IDEAL MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: 15 °C
SYNONYMS:
ETYMOLOGY: Dedicated to Henri François Pittier (1857 - 1950), a Swiss botanist who
moved first to Costa Rica and then to Venezuela where he established
National Parks. He classified about 30,000 plants.