Aechmea 'Tropic Torch Red' VIPP 4-8-19 brachycaulos var multiflora see attached

brachycaulos var multiflora see attached

bright glossy green blushing red in strong light and flushing bright red at anthesis

When 'grown hard' (strong light and minimal feeding) the banding brightens from pink to scarlet

25 inches at the base

Aechmea 'Tropic Torch Red' VIPP 4-8-19 brachycaulos var multiflora see attachedThe original Tropic Torch was an early Skotak hybrid of beeriana x chantinii that resulted in a colorful, fairly large plant with a very large head of dense, vividly red colored branches and showy wide bracts. The foliage gray colored with faint banding in a stiff upright rosette to about 36 x 36 inches. This form has nice red foliage, with a slight grayish tint, but the same vivid red inflorescence, a selection or new cross (?) by Bullis Bromeliads.