Aechmea 'Tropic Torch Red' VIPP 4-8-19 The rosette can reach nearly

The rosette can reach nearly 30 inches across with leaves 4

brachycaulos var multiflora see attached

It was perfectly upright in nature

large-growing species

Noted Gesneriad expert Hans Wiehler once commented on this clone as being a Columnea mimic

Aechmea 'Tropic Torch Red' VIPP 4-8-19 The rosette can reach nearlyThe original Tropic Torch was an early Skotak hybrid of beeriana x chantinii that resulted in a colorful, fairly large plant with a very large head of dense, vividly red colored branches and showy wide bracts. The foliage gray colored with faint banding in a stiff upright rosette to about 36 x 36 inches. This form has nice red foliage, with a slight grayish tint, but the same vivid red inflorescence, a selection or new cross (?) by Bullis Bromeliads.