Pitcairnia heterophylla 'Red' FIX An interesting little shrub-like

An interesting little shrub-like

This bizarre bi-generic hybrid by Chester Skotak is a cultivar of Quesnelia edmundoi v

coated with silvery trichomes and bear the impressions of other leaves on their surface

developing white blotching with maturity and bearing silver banding on the outer sides of the leaves

Pitcairnia heterophylla 'Red' FIX An interesting little shrub-likeThis is a very widespread species that can be found from Mexico to Peru and across to Venezuela. A variable species which commonly grows on cliffs as a terrestrial, but can grow on rocks as a lithophyte, and in trees as an epiphyte. The plant has two dimorphic leaf forms, one a thin green blade which is deciduous and one which is a short, stiff, spiky leaf which looks more like a large spine. When the plant goes dormant, the spiky leaves protect the