A superb small specimen whose leaves transform from rich emerald splashed with red in shade, to stunning butter yellow in full sun.
Full sun to dappled light.
Dimensions: a smaller bromeliad to approximately 30cm.
Flower: a sweet rosette of purple and white flowers in the throat of the bromeliad.
Foliage: depending on the light it varies between a luxuriant green with splashes of red to butter yellow with red splatters.
Uses: Use en masse at the front of a border and contrast with ultra-fine texture such as the shorter carex, poas or miscanthus. Excellent attached in long lines to ‘fallen logs’ and viewed from above.