Aechmea woronowii Size:9-inch Pot dry and stiff shield or

dry and stiff shield or basket fronds at the base of the foliage fronds which serve a multi purpose of protecting the creeping rhizomes and catching moisture and leaf litter which decompose to feed the fern

Growing conditions can vary from full sun to deep shade

A handsome hybrid of orlandiana x fosteriana made by Mulford Foster in 1945 and named after his son

but much larger and bright coppery red instead of green leaves

glossy green leaves heavily banded with deepest chestnut brown to almost black cross banding on the upper and undersides of the leaves

Aechmea woronowii Size:9-inch Pot dry and stiff shield orA plant that resembles the group of Aechmeas that were formerly Streptocalyx. The piink clone has large rose colored bracts, over six inches long, decorate a panicle of grape sized black berries. Long lasting color and a large grower. We found this plant in the deep forest of Amazonian Ecuador, far up the Napo river. We had been traveling in a forty foot long dugout canoe when we came to a natural rise in the otherwise flat expanse of jungle. The