Aechmea 'Goldmine' PLATYCERIUM The leaves are reddish

The leaves are reddish

This is a new but as yet taxonomically undescribed species from Tanzania

reddish/green leaves in an open rosette

rather flattened with radiating ridges and bearing short spines

Aechmea 'Goldmine' PLATYCERIUM The leaves are reddishA beautifully variegated cultivar of Aechmea blanchetiana, the result of an intraspecific crossing by Chester Skotak. It grows in the form of a typical Ae. blanchetiana, over three feet tall in a cluster of offsets, with three inch wide, stiff leaves, forming a funnelform rosette. The foliage is light green, does not tend to blush bronze or reddish, but has wide, bright cream colored variegation. The variegation is bold and does not fade with age. The