Aechmea ampla bright filtered banded and speckled with shades

banded and speckled with shades of yellow and green over a red background

very floriferous branches

The foliage is silvery

It has dark green spineless leaves with wide with variegation

Aechmea ampla bright filtered banded and speckled with shadesA rare large species from Bahia, Brazil that has an upright vase shape to about 30 inches tall, with wide, stiff and very spiny leaves. The most outstanding character is that it takes on a red coloration from the leaf tips downward to about half the leaf as it matures. The remainder of the leaf is light green. Does not bloom often and there is sometimes a bit of confusion with this species and similar Hohenbergia castellanosii, a larger plant with