Aechmea pineliana minuta Size:Offset taller than the foliage and

taller than the foliage and pink and green to reddish

The green leaves are marked with a cream to butter yellow longitudinal stripe down the center of the leaves and are marked with regularly spaced crossbands

The inflorescence is a tight head of fat branches

Much more robust than the typical form

A robust cross forming a very leafy

Aechmea pineliana minuta Size:Offset taller than the foliage andA smaller form of the species first collected in Brazil by Mulford Foster near Sta. Theresa, Espirito Santo in 1940. He noted its attractive look and hardiness to low temperatures experienced at his Orlando, Florida home. An attractive plant that tolerates full sun, but also serves well in a terrarium. Small, to only 8 to 12 inches or so, it colors an overall pinkish in strong light with silvery banding on the leaf both upper and undersides. The