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broad petioles that are spiny as is the wide leaf blade
to below freezing for short duration
bronze-green in color with a maroon-red mid-rib and stem
about 4 inches
Broad leaves nearly three inches wide and a mature size of 24 inches across
Aechmea brassicoides VIPP 5-27-19 broad petioles that are spinyThis native of the Guyanas and Suriname is one of those kinds of plants that will have you scratching your head in wonder. The center of the upright rosette of very stiff mottled green leaves forms an overlapping, hollow structure that in nature is believed by some to be an ant nest! If this is true, indeed, it is one of the most highly adapted ant plants in the bromeliad world. At anthesis, the bloom spike pierces the side of the structure and it