I got one of these (or so I assume) today for only $2.50. According to fcbs.org, it's a hybrid of O. magalhaesii (seed parent) x O. saxic...Read Moreola v. aloifolium (pollen parent), and was introduced by Jim Irvin in 1994. The purplish maroon leaves have scattered white spots which I initially thought were scale bugs. Despite being in a literally bone-dry pot, mine has what seems to be an inflorescence from last year with four big pups on it, and a new one from this spring, with yellow-tinged flowering leaves (bracts, I presume). I mention this to point out that the mama plant apparently does not die after flowering.
See some info and pics on the Bromeliad Cultivar Registry site at http://registry.bsi.org/?genus=ORTHOPHYTUM&id=7933
I got one of these (or so I assume) today for only $2.50. According to fcbs.org, it's a hybrid of O. magalhaesii (seed parent) x O. saxic...Read More