Aechmea bromeliifolia albobracteata CAUDEX easy to grow plants that

easy to grow plants that are as at home in the Southern landscape as in a Northern greenhouse

The plant does not look like pure albopicta so it must be the result of an unintended pollination in our greenhouse

however stays much smaller in size

it’s beautiful

a sandy coastal strip with sparse cover

Aechmea bromeliifolia albobracteata CAUDEX easy to grow plants thatA large, robust, bottle shaped beauty. Silvery leaves with moderately large spines form a tight tube before anthesis and becomes bottle shaped, thick at the base and constricted at the top. The inflorescence is a cone of yellow flowers which turns black after closing. The bracts in this form are pure white. A spectacular plant for landscape use.