Aechmea 'Goldmine' PLATYCERIUM curling leaves and a tall

curling leaves and a tall scape with long and slender scape bracts

A large growing hybrid from Ray Coleman

rather flattened with radiating ridges and bearing short spines

The leaves are reddish

reddish/green leaves in an open rosette

Aechmea 'Goldmine' PLATYCERIUM curling leaves and a tallA beautifully variegated cultivar of Aechmea blanchetiana, the result of an intraspecific crossing by Chester Skotak. It grows in the form of a typical Ae. blanchetiana, over three feet tall in a cluster of offsets, with three inch wide, stiff leaves, forming a funnelform rosette. The foliage is light green, does not tend to blush bronze or reddish, but has wide, bright cream colored variegation. The variegation is bold and does not fade with age. The