Aechmea 'Tropic Torch Red' VIPP 4-8-19 many leaves and a smaller

many leaves and a smaller size of only about 24 inches maximum and usually smaller

It was perfectly upright in nature

The rosette can reach nearly 30 inches across with leaves 4

When 'grown hard' (strong light and minimal feeding) the banding brightens from pink to scarlet

large-growing species

Aechmea 'Tropic Torch Red' VIPP 4-8-19 many leaves and a smallerThe original Tropic Torch was an early Skotak hybrid of beeriana x chantinii that resulted in a colorful, fairly large plant with a very large head of dense, vividly red colored branches and showy wide bracts. The foliage gray colored with faint banding in a stiff upright rosette to about 36 x 36 inches. This form has nice red foliage, with a slight grayish tint, but the same vivid red inflorescence, a selection or new cross (?) by Bullis Bromeliads.