Bromelia hemisphaerica 'Aurelia' DESMIDORCHIS A Don Beadle hybrid of

A Don Beadle hybrid of (amoena ‘Ed McWilliams’ x sanderiana’)

6995 Tillandsia 'Gildora'

The green coloration gives way to a brilliant red blush at anthesis

tubular with leaves flaring and curling downward at the tips

000 feet or so

Bromelia hemisphaerica 'Aurelia' DESMIDORCHIS A Don Beadle hybrid ofHere is a rare and beautiful plant. This plant came from Costa Rica by way of Chester Skotak, who rescued it from a construction site in San Jose, Costa Rica. It later bloomed and was identified as Bromelia hemisphaerica, native from Mexico to Costa Rica. Chester named the cultivar after his secretary. It is a large grower that may look superficially like a pineapple, with many graceful albomarginated leaves. The inflorescence is nested in the center