Currently 20cm high - This beautiful bromeliad has a stunning, large, tousled bloom: with pink bracts and blue flower petals, appearing in late summer or early autumn and lasting for many months. It has dark green leaves with silver banding.
Very hardy and beautiful, bromeliads handle life differently than other plants. Most are epiphytic, their roots are little more than supports or hold-fasts. Their leaves do most of the work. The leaves form a tank to collect and hold moisture. These tanks also catch the leaves discarded by the trees towering over them. As the detritus decays, the bromeliad leaves absorb the nutrients. Bromeliads are adapted to making do with few resources and they do it very well.;