Bromeliaceae plant

Abstract

A new plant variety of the Bromeliaceae family was developed as an inter-specific cross between Aechmea dichlamydea Baker var. trinitensis L. B. Smith and A. fasciata (Lindley) Baker var. fasciata and generally resembles the parent varieties but has leaves that lack the bars of the var. fasciata and have leaf sheaths that are wider, the scape bracts being less compactly positioned than those of the var. fasciata thus providing a more open inflorescence while the sepals exceed the floral bracts and provide a more attractive inflorescence. In contract to the var. trinitensis the leaf scales are whitish and translucent and the spiked are polystichously flowered instead of distichously flowered. The inflorescence is perceptively colored and many parts have areas that in color are dominated by a purplish pink, pink and/or purplish red hue, the petals of newly opened flowers having purplish white margins and a center field that in color is dominated by a violet hue and merges with color in the claw that is dominated by a purple hue while the petals of newly closed flowers are in color dominate by a red hue.

I claim: 
     
       1. The new plant variety of the Bromeliaceae family as shown and described herein.