Aechmea leonard-kentiana X NEOMEA This is the exceptional clone

This is the exceptional clone of Aechmea chantinii that sported to become the famous

Deep blue flowers are long and tubular

A single ‘Tarantello‘ is a presence of its own and doesn’t need to be in a clump to have that kind of gravity that only so few plants have

the leaves are rather succulent and the inflorescence inflated

Native to open forested slopes where specimens in bloom can be seen from long distances across the valleys

Aechmea leonard-kentiana X NEOMEA This is the exceptional cloneA large species from Bahia, Brazil that may superficially resemble a Hohnebergia and has close relatives in Aechmea, Portea and the now discontinued Streptocalyx. Long, strappy leaves in a full, open, 36 inch, somewhat bulbous based rosette, have serrate spines and a grey scurf. The inflorescence is on a tall scape with short , well spaced tripinnate branches forming a cylindrical, conical head. Scape bracts are green, and flowers dense and tiny with