Aechmea weberi VIPP 4-1-19 and is much more heavily

and is much more heavily branched than tricolor

As a container plant

This clone has something of a history

though with the possibility of occurrence anywhere the two species cohabit

The 'Gentleman Jim' of Dyckias

Aechmea weberi VIPP 4-1-19 and is much more heavilyAn 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