Aechmea mulfordii Size:10-inch Pot it forms a loose rosette

it forms a loose rosette of recurving leaves about 8 inches across

However this variable and widespread plant little resembles the former

Unusual for an ionantha hybrid

Flowers are typically red

unofficial but long accepted

Aechmea mulfordii Size:10-inch Pot it forms a loose rosetteA large growing species that has had something of an identity crisis over the years. A similar species, Ae. rubens, was long confused with this species. It turns out that mulfordii is, or at least was, rare in cultivation. Now being more widely grown, it is a colorful plant with leaves ranging from green to bronze and a branched inflorescence of deep orange with red bracts. The inflorescence appears in spring and has color that lasts 6 to 9 months.