Aechmea 'Bob Alonzo' vipp 7-9 older leaves tend to fade

older leaves tend to fade to green but retain dark purplish-brown tips and veneer from the tips inward

a sturdy rachis rising well above the foliage with long

best in sun or bright light

The inflorescence is a loosely branched panicle with a central spike and five or so additional

A saxicole in nature

Aechmea 'Bob Alonzo' vipp 7-9 older leaves tend to fadeA cultivar of (Aechmea chantinii x ramosa). The plant is an upright funnel form rosette with fairly stiff, 2 to 3 inch wide leaves nearly 24 inches long, with fairly large spines and reddish tips. The color is medium green with pale green variegation and light gray banding as with the chantinii parent. The inflorescence is well branched and erect, with a rose red scape and scape bracts and yellow flowers with rose tinted yellow ovaries. Appears to be