Aechmea echinata Size:Offset fairly rigid green leaves and

fairly rigid green leaves and a very showy inflorescence that is a panicle of reddish-orange branches and bracts and yellow flowers

it also resembles a T

Not sure if it's a selfing or hybrid

This Lisa Vinzant hybrid is a cultivar of ‘Medusa’ x ‘Lirico’ having 25+ lanceolate leaves forming a medium tall upright full round plant to 12″ in diameter

The deciduous foliage is somewhat tomentose and is found at the tops of the stems only

Aechmea echinata Size:Offset fairly rigid green leaves andJohn loved unusual species, and this one really qualifies! Not like anything else in your collection! Formerly known as a Wittrockia, it was reassigned by Elton Leme to Aechmea. The plants are medium sized, to about 20in, stoloniferous, with an open rosette shape. The foliage is fairly stiff, copper tinted green. The inflorescence is very unusual in being a nidular head, with extra long spines on the tips of the sepals and bracts, giving the