Aechmea weberi VIPP 4-1-19 succulent leaves with spiny margins

succulent leaves with spiny margins form a 30 inch or larger rosette (under cultivated conditions)

As a container plant

wide leaved

and pure water is used

has been made several times in the past and is registered under at least two names

Aechmea weberi VIPP 4-1-19 succulent leaves with spiny marginsAn enigmatic species originally described as a Nidularium (E. Pereira & Leme, Bradea 4 (32) but later reassigned to Aechmea in the publication Canistrum: Bromeliads of the Atlantic Forest in 1997. It is considered to be part of the "southern Bahia complex" of Aechmeas which show characteristics of both genera and other special taxonomic irregularities. No doubt this will all be revisited again in the future. This species is native to the Atlantic