Aechmea weberi VIPP 1-23-20 but certainly introduced by DeLeon

but certainly introduced by DeLeon years ago

An outstanding

The distinguishing feature is the solid green flowers

up to 3 feet or so

This is a marvelous hybrid by Bullis Bromeliads

Aechmea weberi VIPP 1-23-20 but certainly introduced by DeLeonAn enigmatic species originally described as a Nidularium (E. Pereira & Leme, Bradea 4 (32) but later reassigned to Aechmea in the publication Canistrum: Bromeliads of the Atlantic Forest in 1997. It is considered to be part of the "southern Bahia complex" of Aechmeas which show characteristics of both genera and other special taxonomic irregularities. No doubt this will all be revisited again in the future. This species is native to the Atlantic