Alcantarea glaziouana HOHENBERGIA normal watering when actively growing

normal watering when actively growing and less when dormant

An interesting Japanese hybrid of truncata

This is an interesting plant that was first found and collected by Tropiflora's

is marked with two defined longitudinal stripes running the entire length of the leaf and slightly scurfed beneath with some cross banding

The inflorescence is tall with long

Alcantarea glaziouana HOHENBERGIA normal watering when actively growingOne of the 'giant growers' of the bromeliad world. Native to the coastal parts of Brazil near Rio where it can be seen in large colonies on rocky cliffs and inselbergs, right down to the water line in the Atlantic. The large inflorescences are visible for long distances on the cliffs, with a pinkish orange rachis, green and pink orange bracts and pale, light yellow branches with very large white flowers. In cultivation it is a green leaved plant in a