x Ursumea 'Ma Williams' Size:4.5-inch Pot The appeal for hobbyists is

The appeal for hobbyists is a handsome yet highly unusual plant that thrives well in container cultivation

with bright ivory margins that blush almost fiery red in strong light

One of the finest natural species to be discovered

Several good

The leaves have a wide

x Ursumea 'Ma Williams' Size:4.5-inch Pot The appeal for hobbyists isA bigeneric hybrid of Aechmea fendleri x Ursulaea tuitensis by Jim Irvin. Can grow to over 36 inches across with very stiff, spiny, arching leaves, glossy green above, silvery green below, in a widely spreading rosette. The erect inflorescence is tomentose, covered with white scurf and has showy pink bracts. The ovaries are large and swollen and the petals deep purple.