Aechmea melinonii X CRYPTMEA This beautiful species is native

This beautiful species is native to only a couple of isolated canyons in central Honduras

older leaves tend to fade to green but retain dark purplish-brown tips and veneer from the tips inward

it is consistently a smallish plant with slender

A full plant that carries up to ten leaves that can reach four feet long

A dramatically vividly patterned plant with stiff

Aechmea melinonii X CRYPTMEA This beautiful species is nativeWe first acquired this plant several years ago as seedlings. The plant is a fairly large grower to about 30 inches, bulbous based with wide, deep green spiny foliage. The inflorescence is nothing short of spectacular! Massive in comparison to the plant, it is a panicle of densely set branches with white tipped pink sepals, giving the appearance of a cluster of pink berries. An epiphytic or lithophytic species native to Surinam. *WILL BE SHIPPED