Aechmea pineliana 'Giant Form' COSTA RICA recurving leaves in a bulbous

recurving leaves in a bulbous rosette

The one has all the bells and whistles that make a impressive plant in ones collection

From a hot

We had been traveling the rugged canyons that lay between ridge after ridge of the Cordillera de los Andes on Bolivia’s rugged and desolate eastern frontier

Aechmea pineliana 'Giant Form' COSTA RICA recurving leaves in a bulbousA wonderful and very unusual Brazilian plant, tall and tubular, more closely resembling an Ae. bromeliifolia than the typical open rosettes of pineliana. The inflorescence is a cone like structure as in the normal forms, but larger. The plant can reach over 30 inches tall with green leaves that tint coppery in strong light. Rare in cultivation. *VIPP plants are Offsets