Aechmea zebrina 'Unstable Mabel' albomarginated TSHIRT up to six feet or

up to six feet or more with very long stems between branches

A showy form from Brazil with an upright rosette shape of wide

Hechtia hybrids are very rarely made as it takes a male and female plant

Named in honor of The Cryptanthus Society Journal editor and Caloosahatchee Bromeliad Society member

soft spines

Aechmea zebrina 'Unstable Mabel' albomarginated TSHIRT up to six feet orYou have to wonder why this beautiful plant has such a weird name, right? Well when this spectacular variegated form of Ae. zebrina first appeared in cultivation, the beautiful variegation proved to be, shall we say, less than stable. Chester Skotak named the plant based on this unfortunate characteristic. Thankfully, this trait has pretty much gone by the wayside with successive generations of variegated plants being produced. Aechmea zebrina is a