Aechmea 'Adrenaline' CITES When the plant goes dormant

When the plant goes dormant

As with the typical form the plants have bronzy foliage which forms a bulbous base with long

A heavily scurfed clone of the species that blushes pink at anthesis

thickly succulent leaves a glaucous green

Some red banding is scattered along the leaf and the lower portions of the leaf undersides have silver banding

Aechmea 'Adrenaline' CITES When the plant goes dormantThis is a large and fairly spectacular landscape bromeliad that was made by Chester Skotak quite a few years ago. A cultivar of (chantinii x poitaei), it is an upright, funnel form rosette to about three feet tall and wide, with 3 inch wide, light green leaves that tint red toward the tips in strong light. A late fall to early winter bloomer, it has a bright red inflorescence about 24 inches tall and 5 inches wide with many showy red bracts and dozens