Hi Tomas,
How is your Roman winter treating your precious ones? That's a very nice aechmea, but sorry, I don't know or grow it. It does look like the photo on FCBS site of A. Fulgo-Fasciata though.
Happy bromming,
Cheers,
Kerry

Kerry,

thanks, so far not bad, at the beginning of December we got an unusualy early and heavy frost (only -1,5°C on my terrace, but I did not expected it, so all my plants were still unprotected. My Ursulaea is toast, no problem, it was not my prefered. Also the Vriesea ospinae gruberi seems not to be well adapted to our climate, it shows damage that extends even more over the weeks. Others are fine, but we still have one and half months to go. The weather is fine, but these days are called the days of the blackbird, the tale says once the blackbird was white, but than the weather became so cold that the bird recovered in the chimney, since than it is black :-), so some hard frosts still could hit.
I hope your plants are recovering well
Tomas

Hi Tomas

Could it be a shinning light?The leaves look more like that one than the Fulgo-Fasciata.

Korina

Could be another Dutch hybrid.

Check the link.

Sander

Here is a link that might be useful: Ramosaxofulgens?

Korina and Sander,

I am not good with the distinctive characters for identifying Aechmeas, but the inflorescences of the hybrids you suggest seem more branched and with no or small bracts.
?????
Tomas

i dont know much about identifying bromms yet but i have a shining light and it is no shining light, unless your colder climate has caused the underleafe to go darker