Bromelia hemisphaerica 'Aurelia' DESMIDORCHIS A Don Beadle hybrid of

A Don Beadle hybrid of (amoena ‘Ed McWilliams’ x sanderiana’)

tubular with leaves flaring and curling downward at the tips

The green coloration gives way to a brilliant red blush at anthesis

tipped in white with inky-blue flowers

‘Flash Point’ x (‘Screaming Tiger’ x ‘Skotak’s Tiger’) is unusual looking with burgundy colored lower leaves with chartreuse colored wavy horizontal lines

Bromelia hemisphaerica 'Aurelia' DESMIDORCHIS A Don Beadle hybrid ofHere is a rare and beautiful plant. This plant came from Costa Rica by way of Chester Skotak, who rescued it from a construction site in San Jose, Costa Rica. It later bloomed and was identified as Bromelia hemisphaerica, native from Mexico to Costa Rica. Chester named the cultivar after his secretary. It is a large grower that may look superficially like a pineapple, with many graceful albomarginated leaves. The inflorescence is nested in the center