Sam, I have one, but it's not as nice looking as yours.
It's gone downhill ever since I bought it a year ago.
Mike

Here it is.
Mike

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Hi Sam,

got to agree with Mike on this one. Mine started out really nice like yours then proceeded to get uglier and deader every year. It lasted about three years before I put it out of our repective misery. I suspect hardiness, but it may be other factors. Best of luck with yours.

~Dave

I had 2, but not hardy enough in Germany.

I think a weak plant for special locations. Zone 8/9 ??

Wolfgang

Very interesting.. I'll keep an eye on him; hopefully he will maintain this desirable form and colour..

-Sam

The particular rarity will be keeping a happy one Sam, there's your challenge!

I have a sunroom I rarely heat. It should do OK there if hardiness is an issue. Thanks Dave!
Mike

This rare little guy has been selected as one of the 2013 ACS conifers of the year. Can you believe it?

That is quite surprising considering the limited range where this plant can survive...

-Sam

"This rare little guy has been selected as one of the 2013 ACS conifers of the year. Can you believe it?"

They need to keep coming up with new ones to "excite" the hobby, picking those that are impossible to find or very difficult to keep alive for more than 6 weeks are bad habits of every plant society not just conifers. I remember back when Heliamphoras were nonexistant outside specialty botanical collections except for a few crazy collectors who rigged old refrigerators to keep them alive, lol, in those days they always made the "plant of the year" lists, people always want the impossible...ps. yes I was one of those original crazies, I was the only one in San Francisco growing Heliamphora and its closely associated fellow table mountain resident carnivorous bromeliad Brocchinia, the waterwheel Aldrovanda (Japanese cultivar), Cephalotus, and Genlisea, as well as all the common ones. Luckily for me I was in the perfect niche environment for the cool weather non freezing high humidity species so I didn't need a lot of extra equipment for highland Nepenthes etc., but it still required a high learning curve and tons of work. Now some of them are almost in the commonly kept category (commonly kept is a relative term, meaning common among carnivorous plant specialists not the general gardener), thanks to us pioneers...ps in case you think selections of carnivorous plants are limited, you could easily fill a greenhouse with Venus flytrap cultivars alone, the numbers are staggering compared to just 20yrs ago...

Interesting. Anyways, here's a bit of growing information from the ACS description.

"They prefer a moisture retentive, well drained acidic soil. 'Little Leo' performs well in Zones 7 through 9 and under hot, humid conditions. A site with mostly sun is best. However, they will tolerate some shade."

They also state that it "...is suitable for hot, southern gardens."

The winter color caught my eye yesterday. Its rich green color suddenly changed to a brownish-copper tinge in less than a month.

-Sam

We had two and both are gone. I can't remember the circumstances but it is nice to see one doing well.