Aechmea 'Goldmine' BAHAMAS At anthesis the red color

At anthesis  the red color intensifies

Fairly heavily armed with stout spines

A large growing hybrid that was created here at Tropiflora by Ray Coleman

It gives size to the cross as well as the long

Aechmea 'Goldmine' BAHAMAS At anthesis the red colorA beautifully variegated cultivar of Aechmea blanchetiana, the result of an intraspecific crossing by Chester Skotak. It grows in the form of a typical Ae. blanchetiana, over three feet tall in a cluster of offsets, with three inch wide, stiff leaves, forming a funnelform rosette. The foliage is light green, does not tend to blush bronze or reddish, but has wide, bright cream colored variegation. The variegation is bold and does not fade with age. The