hardy species
nothing short of spectacular
vase shaped plant with broad purple leaves banded in silver below
A single ‘Tarantello‘ is a presence of its own and doesn’t need to be in a clump to have that kind of gravity that only so few plants have
Native to open forested slopes where specimens in bloom can be seen from long distances across the valleys
Aechmea leonard-kentiana X NEOMEA hardy speciesA large species from Bahia, Brazil that may superficially resemble a Hohnebergia and has close relatives in Aechmea, Portea and the now discontinued Streptocalyx. Long, strappy leaves in a full, open, 36 inch, somewhat bulbous based rosette, have serrate spines and a grey scurf. The inflorescence is on a tall scape with short , well spaced tripinnate branches forming a cylindrical, conical head. Scape bracts are green, and flowers dense and tiny with