Aechmea gamosepala – Matchstick Bromeliad

This winter blooming bromeliad comes from Brazil. Its blooms are thick bristles of purplish-pink bracts tipped with iridescent blue bead-like flowers. After flowering, the spike turns dark pink & holds for weeks. It will grow in shady corners or even places where there is hardly any soil. It can form an attractive, low-maintenance groundcover as it multiplies very well. Tolerates mild frosts beautifully! Being epiphytic, it can also be grown in the fork of a tree. This is one tough bromeliad. Sold bare root.