Aechmea echinata BULB The flowers are certainly small

The flowers are certainly small

Tanzania to Zimbabwe

Overall it is most similar to the caput-medusae parent with a somewhat bulbous base and narrow leaves flaring outward

Tillandsia stricta The soft-leaved form from Brazil

Aechmea echinata BULB The flowers are certainly smallJohn loved unusual species, and this one really qualifies! Not like anything else in your collection! Formerly known as a Wittrockia, it was reassigned by Elton Leme to Aechmea. The plants are medium sized, to about 20in, stoloniferous, with an open rosette shape. The foliage is fairly stiff, copper tinted green. The inflorescence is very unusual in being a nidular head, with extra long spines on the tips of the sepals and bracts, giving the