Neoregelia bahiana (Pabstiana) VIPP 9-23-19 and a massive inflorescence with

and a massive inflorescence with deep ink-blue branches on a pink scape

A widespread species found from Florida and the Bahamas to Northern South America is upright and tubular

The narrow

it’s large growing plant with four inch wide leaves found in Atlantic Forest habitat in Espiritu Santo and adjacent Bahia states of Brazil

Neoregelia bahiana (Pabstiana) VIPP 9-23-19 and a massive inflorescence withFormerly known as Neo. pabstiana, this species from Minas Gerais, Brazil has since been combined under bahiana. An upright grower to about 14 inches tall, with narrow leaves, barely over a half inch wide, flaring out to form a somewhat bulbous base. The leaves are of very heavy substance, thick and stiff, dark pink overall. A saxicole in nature, it prefers fast draining soil and drier, brightly lit growing conditions. A collector item and a bromeliad