Aechmea lueddemanniana 'Alvarez' AUSTRALIA The inflorescence is a short

The inflorescence is a short scape with a cluster of bright orange berries and blue flowers

almost none were available anywhere

pink leaves with darker pink towards the center have wine-colored streaks and blotches throughout covered slightly with lineated scurf and silver cross-banding

light yellow branches with very large white flowers

Aechmea lueddemanniana 'Alvarez' AUSTRALIA The inflorescence is a shortBeautifully variegated with a broad stripe of pinkish orange up the center of each leaf when grown in bright light. Makes an outstanding landscape plant, adaptable to many different conditions from shade to sun. Can reach 30 inches across at maturity with an inflorescence of grayish blue berries. The form 'Alvarez' is slow growing and was supposedly originally collected wild, and is considered by some to be the most beautiful form of the species.