Aechmea rubrolilacina CYCAD firm with reddish and green

firm with reddish and green mottling at maturity

Cute little plants that form nice clusters

A choice species

The leaves are silver with trichomes and quite thick and stiff

The inflorescence

Aechmea rubrolilacina CYCAD firm with reddish and greenA fairly new species from Espirito Santo, Brazil that blurs the distinction between Aechmea and Portea. The kind of plant taxonomists dont like because it isnt really a snug fit in either genus. This handsome plant is a rather large grower with fairly wide, heavily armed leaves and an interesting inflorescence of mostly red branches and bracts, green ovaries and lilac petals. Excellent as a landscape plant. *VIPP plants are Offsets