Aechmea tessmannii Size:6-inch Pot CULTURE REQUIREMENTS

CULTURE REQUIREMENTS

The inflorescence is a nidular whorl of bright crimson bracts and white flowers

and are stunningly yellow

descended from plants grown from seed collected by Wally Berg on Pico do Fernando

At anthesis the plant takes on a red blush all over with the center becoming cherry red with a white ring around the inflorescence

Aechmea tessmannii Size:6-inch Pot CULTURE REQUIREMENTSA spectacular, fairly large Amazonian species with broad, spiny leaves in a funnelform rosette. The inflorescence is tall and branched, red to orange with yellow and lasts for many months, with branches growing longer even as it blooms.