Aechmea blumenavii

Beautiful Aechmea from the outskirts of a city named Blumenau, in the cool, wet South East of Brazil.

Aechmea blumenavii has blue-tipped green leaves. Inflorescences are spikes of yellow flowers produced in November - December. Flowers are followed by long-lasting orange-pink infructescences.

Aechmea blumenavii is an endangered species and it is classified as Rare by the IUCN.

It is still rare in cultivation, but it is considered frost-hardy. Aechmea blumenavii can appearently take low temperatures with little or no damage at -7 C (20 F) for several hours.