Aechmea chantinii 'Grey Ghost' Size:Large Offset The flowers are pink-orange with

The flowers are pink-orange with bluish petal tips

Slow growing and rarely available

probably of what was formerly known as Ananas lucidus

of one clone or another

A caulescent species with a stem to over two feet long with very stiff

Aechmea chantinii 'Grey Ghost' Size:Large Offset The flowers are pink-orange withA striking solid silver gray form of chantinii, nicely shaped in an upright rosette of 2. 5 inch wide leaves. The leaves are uniformly covered in silvery trichomes, lacking all banding on both leaf surfaces. The inflorescence is a tall scape with a cluster of yellow tipped, orange branches and large orange bracts. Very attractive, showy species. *VIPP plant is a Large Offset