Flowering occurs in winter and the inflorescence keeps good color for many weeks. Bracts are a rosy-pink color and flower petals are pale lavender. The bracts become darker as the bloom spike ages.
The leaves are long, narrow and flexible, giving a grass-like appearance to large clumps of the plant. Individual leaves are about an inch wide by 12-18 inches long. They are spineless or have only soft flexible spines near the base, making this a good choice for people who are turned off by more heavily armored species.
Offsets are produced on short, thin stolons.
Related reading: Aechmea weilbachii forma viridisepala
2 comments:
I've never seen this pendulous flowering Aechmea before. It's simply lovely.
This is interesing. I've never seen seen this type of bromeliad before. What I like about them is that the blooms last for many months.
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