Aechmea 'Meteor Shower' NEOGLAZIOVIA pale orange below

pale orange below

A rarity endemic to Socotra Island in the Indian Ocean

bright pink with large

A neat Dioscorea species from the Kirindy Forest of Madagascar

This plant is deciduous in winter unless kept very warm

Aechmea 'Meteor Shower' NEOGLAZIOVIA pale orange belowThis is a wild collected species from Brazil thought to be a lineated or variegated Aechmea sphaerocephala but as it has not yet bloomed, no one is sure of its true identity. Anyway the plant has the look and so far the size of a sphaerocephala. A large grower, the largest we have is almost 4 feet across, but if it is a true sphaerocephala, it will get even larger. Leaves are 3 inches wide and three feet long, and appear to be yellowish white with