Aechmea bromeliifolia albobracteata CAUDEX Minas Gerais

Minas Gerais

it’s beautiful

The plant does not look like pure albopicta so it must be the result of an unintended pollination in our greenhouse

This hybrid by Bob Spivey is a cultivar of 'Domingos Martins' x 'Afterglow'

Aechmea bromeliifolia albobracteata CAUDEX Minas GeraisA large, robust, bottle shaped beauty. Silvery leaves with moderately large spines form a tight tube before anthesis and becomes bottle shaped, thick at the base and constricted at the top. The inflorescence is a cone of yellow flowers which turns black after closing. The bracts in this form are pure white. A spectacular plant for landscape use.