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Billbergia 'Charles Webb'Billbergia 'Charles Webb' is a cultivar of a hybrid with B. vitata and B. pyramidalis. It is a large stocky growing plant with wide leaves, green with heavy, silver trichome, banding. The whole plant turning a wonderful slate purple in bright light. The flower spike is vitata type with rose red bracts and purple flowers. This plant has been around in cultivation since the 50's and is quite well known among growers. A striking plant, easy to grow in a

The flower spike is quite long and a lovely cherry red

The flower spike is an improvement on magnusiana and reminiscent of the pollen parent T

discovered in 1623 in Mexico

It is easy to grow providing water does not sit in the leaf bases

Aechmea 'Fosters Favorite' has wonderful dark red leaves and a pendulous flower spike with bright red/orange bracts and blue flowers

This species has really nice soft velvety

It is easy to grow in similar conditions to T

I had the pleasure of visiting Paul in early spring 2020

Fun and easy to grow and very versatile for Art and flower arranging

I can find no record of this hybrid on the BSI site

It likes medium to high light levels and seems to do very well in a peat and potting bark mix with low nutrient and some grit added

9¾" x 13"