x Billmea 'Barbara Ellen' MEDINILLA The scape bracts are very

The scape bracts are very large and vivid rose red

The plants form dense mats of hard

covered with net-like reticulations of red

it had somewhat less rigid leaves and slightly larger spines than the Neoglaziovias it was growing with

x Billmea 'Barbara Ellen' MEDINILLA The scape bracts are veryThis bi generic hybrid from Ben Sill is a selected clone of Billbergia 'Pixie' x Aechmea recurvata. A 6 to 7 inch tall tube with leaves recurving at the tips. Rosy pink colored leaves that are heavily suffused with white and green speckles. The inflorescence looks more like the recurvata parent, dark red dark flowers. The inflorescence stays low in the tube only showing about half of its size. *VIPP plants are Offsets