Aechmea tayoensis BAHAMAS It's a large grower with

It's a large grower with arching

This species may remind one of a Pachypodium when small

it is a narrow endemic species known from only one site in the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul where it is native to basaltic rock outcrops in isolated mountainous interior

Green to reddish when not in bloom with a medium sized rosette of many stiff

A spectacular landscape plant in full sun or lightly shaded areas

Aechmea tayoensis BAHAMAS It's a large grower withA legendary plant. When you look up rare in the dictionary, you should see a picture of tayoensis. This plant has only been collected a few times in nature, in Ecuador and Peru. Most, if not all plants in cultivation came from these two collections. The most well know plant was Wally Bergs which won the Best in Show award at the Bromeliad World Conference in Orlando in 1996. At that same show, another plant was donated by the Marie Selby Botanical