Aechmea 'Bob Alonzo' ARGENTINA straw-like green leaves forming a

straw-like green leaves forming a giant sphere

Although it lives in cooler altitudes in nature

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When I saw the plant

Aechmea 'Bob Alonzo' ARGENTINA straw-like green leaves forming aA cultivar of (Aechmea chantinii x ramosa). The plant is an upright funnel form rosette with fairly stiff, 2 to 3 inch wide leaves nearly 24 inches long, with fairly large spines and reddish tips. The color is medium green with pale green variegation and light gray banding as with the chantinii parent. The inflorescence is well branched and erect, with a rose red scape and scape bracts and yellow flowers with rose tinted yellow ovaries. Appears to be