Neoregelia 'Roy's Special' VIPP 11-27 with branches bearing berries that

with branches bearing berries that turn black when ripe

This one comes from Morro do Chapeu

light yellow branches with very large white flowers

but the foliage was completely black from the soot of diesel exhaust

descended from plants grown from seed collected by Wally Berg on Pico do Fernando

Neoregelia 'Roy's Special' VIPP 11-27 with branches bearing berries thatA beauty from Oz! This cultivar of Meyendorffii x concentrica was made by Roy Ford and named by Margaret Paterson. A large open rosette with wide leaves boldly variegated with white, has a fiery red glaze over deep green. The cup color at anthesis is red, and it extends out over more than half the leaf.