Aechmea pineliana 'Thomas DeMello' Size:6-inch Pot This Ray Coleman hybrid is

This Ray Coleman hybrid is a somewhat unusual plant

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

Our clone came from the collection of the Marie Selby Botanical Garden with an accession code of SEL77-2040

It is very similar in appearance to Tillandsia gardneri

Aechmea pineliana 'Thomas DeMello' Size:6-inch Pot This Ray Coleman hybrid isA 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.