Aechmea caudata

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ANOTHER VARIEGATED BROMELIAD M. B. Foster AECHMEA CAUDATA var. VARIEGATA M.B. Foster var. nov. A var. variegata foliis albo virideque longitudinaliter striatis differt. Cultivated in Orlando, Florida since 1935. M. B. Foster No. 2834. (Type in U. S. National Herbarium). This new variety of Aechmea caudata is a striking contrast to the typical species A. caudata and has been a collector's item for several years. An illustration of this new variety is shown on page 10 of "Anzucht and Kultur der Bromeliaceen" by Walter Richter of Crimmitschau, Saxony, Germany and is listed as Billbergia forgetii; this plant has also been sold under the name of Aechmea forgetii. Rarely does this stunning variegated plant produce an inflorescence and like most such variegated forms does not reproduce by seed. It does, however, readily increase by offshoots whether in flower or not. The typical species, A. caudata being native to the southern temperate part of Brazil, is quite cold resistant.