Aechmea 'Red Bands' Size:Offset Grows best in bright shade

Grows best in bright shade

The inflorescence is a tall scape with ten or more glossy red branches and long bracts which are more leaf-like and grayish

The kegeliana doesn’t manifest itself much but definitely makes the plant look a lot different than a pure rothii

The color is silver with dark mottling

Aechmea 'Red Bands' Size:Offset Grows best in bright shadeThis plant is a beauty with a checkered past! Probably originating in the 70s in southern California, it has been variously offered as triangularis Red Band and maculata, but appears to be a hybrid of the two. A plant with upright tubular growth of tapering, stiff, spiny leaves, light green with ample red banding. The inflorescence is like that of triangularis, a corn cob shaped white cone with pale, brownish yellow flowers and bright red bracts. A