The coldest November since 1975 finds Vero Beach overcast, damp and chilly (48°F??!!??) Time to hunker down in “England” clothes and share my latest aquisition!
Last week I attended a Bromeliad Auction and overspent got an Aechmea cultivar known as “Wally’s Wand.” 😉
Aechmea penduliflora x politii ‘Red Leaf’
Wally’s Wand is a colorful hybrid created by the late Wally Berg of Sarasota, Florida. Crossing the Ecuadorian Ae. penduliflora (parent plant) with Venezuela’s Ae. politii ‘Red Leaf” (pollen provider), Berg created a South American hybrid with interesting, unusual foliage:
At maturity the green to pinkish leaves measure 10″ long, and a loosely clustered flower scape emerges.
Like 99% of bromeliads, the mature Aechmea slowly declines after blooming, with new “pups” appearing along the base. I was fortunate to get three for the price of one!
Judging from the already chilly weather (and terrible long range winter forecast..even here!) I’m glad I didn’t plant this in ground right away!
Until next time….
🙂 🙂 🙂
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I love the flower, so unusual – to me anyway!
It was unusual to me, too!
You’re so lucky you didn’t that into the ground yet… brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
It has been cold (by Florida standards) here for a good week and seems like it may hang on a bit longer. Unexpected, for sure!
Really interesting. I didn’t know that plants can have pups!
After bromeliads “spike” they begin “offsetting”, but colloquially it’s become known as “pupping”… 😉 cute word for them isn’t it!?
Adorable. Now I know!
Those flower pods look like white chocolate candies!! Gorgeous
Good luck … I hope that you don’t get too much winter this year!
me too!
Hey we bought some honey bourbon today to try in your sweet potato recipe for Thursday. Will send you a pic and let you know how they come out!