it is a narrow endemic species known from only one site in the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grade do Sul where it is native to basaltic rock outcrops in isolated mountainous interior
curling leaves and a tall scape with long and slender scape bracts
A large growing hybrid from Ray Coleman
Our plant is a descendant of a collection made in Restinga do Marica
The inflorescence is basically green in color
Aechmea 'Goldmine' PLATYCERIUM it is a narrow endemicA beautifully variegated cultivar of Aechmea blanchetiana, the result of an intraspecific crossing by Chester Skotak. It grows in the form of a typical Ae. blanchetiana, over three feet tall in a cluster of offsets, with three inch wide, stiff leaves, forming a funnelform rosette. The foliage is light green, does not tend to blush bronze or reddish, but has wide, bright cream colored variegation. The variegation is bold and does not fade with age. The