Aechmea chantinii 2020-05-02 Showy in bloom

Showy in bloom

An interesting Japanese hybrid of truncata

and has white flowers instead of purple

yellows and greens

a cultivar of 'Tim Plowman' x ('Raspberry Ice' x 'Rusty Spoon')

Aechmea chantinii 2020-05-02 Showy in bloomOne of the most beautiful and popular of all bromeliads. Native to the lower slopes of the Andes and the western Amazon basin from Venezuela to Peru, it is a warm growing epiphyte that climbs over the trunks and limbs of trees on stout stolons. This clone has deep green leaves, evenly banded with silver and is the typical form as most often seen in nature. The form is an upright vase shaped rosette, becoming somewhat bottle shaped before blooming. A