Pitcairnia bergii X NIDUSINCORAEA and an attractive inflorescence of

and an attractive inflorescence of pink with purple flowers

when it flattens out

vanhyningii

with red and yellow cyathophylls which do not spread open at anthesis

It lives in mostly low altitude coastal scrub forests in very bright and hot places

Pitcairnia bergii X NIDUSINCORAEA and an attractive inflorescence ofThis is a very nice smaller species with a beautiful red flowered inflorescence that is first erect, and then bends over at the apex. Back in 1989 Wally Berg and I found this interesting novelty in Ecuador where it grows on rocks and cliffs in large colonies in the area of Uzhcurrumi in Azuay Province. When blooming, the cliff faces were ablaze in the red of the inflorescences of this pretty little species.