Aechmea mariae-reginae vipp 5-21 Our code number will remain

Our code number will remain with the plant and when we get an identification

An Arla Rutledge hybrid of unknown parentage

The kind of plant taxonomists don’t like because it isn’t really a snug fit in either genus

both red-blushing species

With the spotting you see green and white

Aechmea mariae-reginae vipp 5-21 Our code number will remainThis is an especially large and robust form of this magnificent beauty! A large to giant grower that forms a grayish green and bronzy blushing rosette up to 4 feet across or more. The inflorescence is spectacular; a compound head of small flowers forms a white cone like inflorescence about the size and shape of a large ear of corn. The scape bracts are very large and vivid rose red. This species is a signature plant of the lowland forests of eastern