Aechmea brassicoides Size:Offset This is a handsome species

This is a handsome species that lasts a very long time in bloom

named by Bill Timm

before the leaves

This one is a small to medium size plant

The variegation can vary from wide to narrow stipes

Aechmea brassicoides Size:Offset This is a handsome speciesThis native of the Guyanas and Suriname is one of those kinds of plants that will have you scratching your head in wonder. The center of the upright rosette of very stiff mottled green leaves forms an overlapping, hollow structure that in nature is believed by some to be an ant nest! If this is true, indeed, it is one of the most highly adapted ant plants in the bromeliad world. At anthesis, the bloom spike pierces the side of the structure and it