Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Aechmea tayoensis...IN BLOOM!, 1 by gothqueen

gothqueen wrote:
This is supposedly a very rare plant. I don;t know if that's true or not. But its one of my favorites that I have. I got it a few years ago and it is pretty large. It made an offset and now has decided to bloom. If I just saw the plant alone with no bloom, I would have never said "aechmea". I might have said "Bromelia" (to me it resembles B. scarlatina but is about 5 times bigger). But the bloom is Aechmea.