Acanthostachys strobilacea Size:4.5-inch Pot kieslingii

kieslingii

We picked it up as Rebutia species but we are not cactologists so trying to figure out which species this is the closest we came to it was R

an avid amateur taxonomist in Clearwater

sometimes reaching over five feet high with leaves over eight inches wide

A shy bloomer

Acanthostachys strobilacea Size:4.5-inch Pot kieslingiiThis has to be one of the strangest of the bromeliads. Its leaves are long and round in cross section and deeply channeled, hanging in cascades. A clumping plant, it makes a good hanging basket specimen. The inflorescence is a small cone of yellow orange borne on a long, leaf like stem. Widely distributed as an epiphyte in the Atlantic Forest and beyond, from Eastern Brazil to Argentina and Paraguay. A true oddity and a delight to grow.