Androlepis fragrans VIPP 1-29-19 In bright light or even

In bright light or even full sun it becomes much more compact

The rosettes grow to a average of 8 to 10 inches across

The green leaves have narrow white margins with small spines

The leaf surface between the spines is mostly glossy but is dusted with silver trichomes

The leaf tips are dark blackish brown

Androlepis fragrans VIPP 1-29-19 In bright light or evenOnly the second species in the genus; Androlepis fragrans was described from material first collected in Veracruz, Mexico by Alfred Lau Jr in 1993. He recognized it as something different and forwarded a plant to Aechmea expert John Anderson in Corpus Christi, Texas who in turn sent it to the Bromeliad Identification Center at the Marie Selby Botanical Garden in Sarasota, Florida. The wheels of science do turn slowly and finely but eventually this