Aechmea ampla bright filtered reflective silvery leaves

reflective silvery leaves

It has dark green spineless leaves with wide with variegation

vividly colored with red

This Hummel hybrid is like many of his

Aechmea ampla bright filtered reflective silvery leavesA rare large species from Bahia, Brazil that has an upright vase shape to about 30 inches tall, with wide, stiff and very spiny leaves. The most outstanding character is that it takes on a red coloration from the leaf tips downward to about half the leaf as it matures. The remainder of the leaf is light green. Does not bloom often and there is sometimes a bit of confusion with this species and similar Hohenbergia castellanosii, a larger plant with