Aechmea pineliana 'Thomas DeMello' Size:6-inch Pot Brazil is a giant grower

Brazil is a giant grower to about 5 feet across

The inflorescence is a handsome cylindrical head of flowers with red bracts and purple petals

A hybrid of Aechmea mariae-reginae x Androlepis skinneri by Sam Smith

The inflorescence is fairly stricta-like

Will spread to fill a bed and will climb any available tree

Aechmea pineliana 'Thomas DeMello' Size:6-inch Pot Brazil is a giant growerA species from Brazil that is uncommon in cultivation. It has an urn shape with overlapping leaves. The color is copper with grey bands of scurf. there is noticeable black spines along the leaf edges. The inflorescence looks like a bottlebrush with yellow flowers and red bracts.