Steve Garrett's Stylophora
A variant of Stylophora (cat's paw / club finger) (Stylophora pistillata)
Representative Stylophora (cat's paw / club finger)photo — a dedicated image of this exact morph isn't available yet.
A purple-to-pink base coral covered in contrasting green polyps, giving a two-tone bush look that reads as a green stylo with purple growth tips once polyps fill in.
📜 Backstory
A named hobby piece attributed to reefkeeper Steve Garrett, documented on reefs.com and traded through SPS vendors such as FishNReef and Jason Fox Signature Corals. The exact wild-collection origin of the parent colony is not well documented (origin debated), but it has circulated as a named lineage frag for years.
Keeper tips for this variant
Medium-high light with strong, turbulent flow brings out the green polyps against the purple base; keep flow moving through the branch cluster.