Aechmea fendleri 'Red Form' VIPP 8-5-19 Self sterile

Self sterile

New plants are on short stolons and it makes a spectacular potted cluster or mounted specimen

The hybrid is right down the line between the two

so also did the Tillandsias disappear into the forest canopy

Aechmea fendleri 'Red Form' VIPP 8-5-19 Self sterileThis is a reddish leaved form of the species that we found in Caripe, Venezuela back in 1999. A large growing form with an upright vase shape and a full inflorescence that has a pink rachis, and branches and blue flowers. We found this growing epiphytically in a wet forest at about 3,000 feet of altitude. Here it grows as the typical form and has no cultural problems. *VIPP plants are Offsets