Aechmea ampla bright filtered Does best in bright filtered

Does best in bright filtered light

Frasier x ‘Colores’)

A heavy veneer of magenta obscures the green and covers most of the leaves

vividly colored with red

An awesome plant

Aechmea ampla bright filtered Does best in bright filteredA 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