Aechmea comata ( Tufted Bromeliad )

‘Comata’ features a brilliant orange and yellow inflorescence at the end of a long stem. The stiff, broad, blunt tipped, gray-green leaves grow about 24 inches in length and form a tubular rosette. Thrives on coastal rocks & dunes with […]

Aechmea chlorophylla ( Green Leafed Bromeliad )

‘Chlorophylla’ is both epiphytic and terrestrial at an elevation of 2,800 feet. Spreading teeth edge the white scale covered, green leaves. The whitish wool covered stalk is erect and produces slim, rose colored bracts that are massed underneath the inflorescence. […]

Aechmea caudata ( Tail Bromeliad )

Aechmea are known for beautiful foliage, long lasting color and vivid berry-like fruit. Found growing on trees in open pastures at 600 foot elevation in Southern Brazil, the Minas Gerais area. The stiff, curving green leaves of Aechmea caudata grow […]

Aechmea cariocae ( Carioca Bromeliad )

This plant has stiff, gray-green, recurving leaves edged with deep brown spines. The inflorescence is erect, with pink bracts and flowers with blue petals at the apex. It grows epiphytically on trees in rain forests between 300 and 2,500 feet.

Aechmea calyculata ( Calyx Bromeliad )

This medium plant has stiff leaves of dark green that are edged with tiny teeth and have rounded tips. A long lasting yellow inflorescence appears on a red stalk about 1 food in height. Plants grow on trees in the […]

Aechmea bromeliifolia ( Bromelia Bromeliad )

This plant thrives high in the forest trees as well as in spreading masses by way of stolons. The tubular, 2 foot tall perennial has gray-green leaves with hooked spines forming an urn-shaped rosette. A short-lived pinecone-like spike, light yellow […]

Aechmea bracteata ( Teata Bromeliad )

This plant thrives in dense masses on rocks or in trees and can be located up to 2,500 feet above sea-level. The vivid green leaves have widely spaced spines and spread up to 6 feet, forming a bottle-shaped rosette. The […]

Aechmea aripensis ( Aripensis Bromeliad )

‘Aripensis’ thrives epiphytically in cloud forests at the top of mountain ranges. The Plants can adapt and grow on a variety of surfaces such as on trees, forest floor, rocks. The green leaves form a big rosette reaching 2 1/2 […]

Aechmea aquilega ( Aqua Bromeliad )

‘Aquilega’ grows equally well in epiphyte and terrestrial environments. Green leaves are covered with white, appressed scales. Vivid rose scapes form pyramid-shaped panacles of orange bracts with yellow-orange flowers. Plants can adapt and grow on a variety of surfaces such […]