Aechmea contracta X PULIRIUM Tall and narrow with succulent

Tall and narrow with succulent

blushing slightly pink in the center at anthesis

They were growing on rocks in full sun and were coated with heavy dust from the nearby dirt road

A nice species for landscaping

Forms a rosette of fairly narrow

Aechmea contracta X PULIRIUM Tall and narrow with succulentA warm growing epiphyte from the Amazon basin, found from Colombia to Guiana and Brazil to Peru in lowland, wet forests. An upright growing, tubular plant with leaves somewhat petiolate, which are deeply pigmented or spotted with dark blackish brown at the base in most clones. The inflorescence is a white scape with rose pink bracts, usually branched or sometimes simple, with triangular branches bearing yellow flowers. Not common in nature, in spite