Aechmea 'Meteor Shower' NEOGLAZIOVIA Easy to grow in normal

Easy to grow in normal terrestrial bromeliad conditions

A rarity endemic to Socotra Island in the Indian Ocean

it was originally describes as a new species

The inflorescence is a scape about as long as the leaves bearing two to three flowers that are tubular with flaring white petals that are purple at the base

In good light the leaves are green

Aechmea 'Meteor Shower' NEOGLAZIOVIA Easy to grow in normalThis is a wild collected species from Brazil thought to be a lineated or variegated Aechmea sphaerocephala but as it has not yet bloomed, no one is sure of its true identity. Anyway the plant has the look and so far the size of a sphaerocephala. A large grower, the largest we have is almost 4 feet across, but if it is a true sphaerocephala, it will get even larger. Leaves are 3 inches wide and three feet long, and appear to be yellowish white with