Encholirium magalhaesii Diamantina X NIDUSINCORAEA and are heavily marked with

and are heavily marked with concentric banding and some blotching of deep purple-red

The color is light green with faint reddish mottling

The edges of the leaves have pronounced black spines

A sensation at its release at the 2010 World Bromeliad Conference in New Orleans

Encholirium magalhaesii Diamantina X NIDUSINCORAEA and are heavily marked withA small growing, clump forming species from central Minas Gerais, Brazil where it lives in rocky areas growing in crevices and stony ground in a very arid region. The plants rarely exceed six inches across in nature with fairly narrow leaves varying from green to coppery red and bronzy, sometimes with a dusting of silver trichomes. The marginal spines are fairly prominent but are widely spaced and narrow. The shape is open with straight leaves that