Aechmea melinonii X CRYPTMEA older leaves tend to fade

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

it is consistently a smallish plant with slender

The tubular shape is more pronounced when grown as an epiphyte

It has broad green leaves with creamy white stripes and spots and crossbands of red

funnel-form rosette with leaves green above and entirely covered with silver trichomes below over a reddish base

Aechmea melinonii X CRYPTMEA older leaves tend to fadeWe first acquired this plant several years ago as seedlings. The plant is a fairly large grower to about 30 inches, bulbous based with wide, deep green spiny foliage. The inflorescence is nothing short of spectacular! Massive in comparison to the plant, it is a panicle of densely set branches with white tipped pink sepals, giving the appearance of a cluster of pink berries. An epiphytic or lithophytic species native to Surinam. *WILL BE SHIPPED