Looks like a Bromelia and if it is it will very hard to tell which until it blooms but im sure staphania will know what it is..he has the spiney expertise here
If you want to post 2 or mre pictures paste the first tag then hit the enter key to start a new line for the next photo...Something I do have exertise at after todays posts LOL

Oh...just see this second thread :^)
Yes, as HDD mentioned, we should wait for its bloom.
From the pic, it's quite a big plant, and sure it's not an Orthophytum
as I had an opinion previously.

It strongly resembles the plant I used to know as Streptocalyx angustifolia. When they consolidated the genus with Aechmea, the name Aechmea angustifolia was already taken. I'm pretty sure the new name is Aechmea longifolia. Post a photo in about 4-6 weeks and we'll know its identity for sure.

I've tried to post the link to the pic on the fcbs site. Paul

Here is a link that might be useful: http://fcbs.org/cgi-bin/dbman/db.cgi?db=photo&uid=default&photono=84&ww=on&mh=5&view_records=View+Records

I agree that it is one of the Aechmeas in the former Streptocalyx group, and Ae. longifolia is the most likely suspect.

BTW, Stephania, you know that Aechmea I said was Ae. arenaria? I was wrong, it's longifolia. This post jogged my memory, so you can change your tag. It does develop very long foliage like the one in the picture, so I should have remembered that name even though I lost the tag. Sorry for the mix-up!

Hi Paul, I thought of that type of Aechmea you mentioned too, but did not sure.

Hi Lisa, that why I noticed that yours is quite different from A. arenaria (if it was!)
that I saw in a private garden, this pic was taken by my friend,
Mr. Kew,in Chiangmai

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Stephania: your friend, Mr. Kew, should start his own botanical garden and name it after himself! Just an idea.... ;-)

That is a very nice specimen of Ae. arenaria, and definitely different from what I have.

Thanks all for the info. I will post a picture as soon as I have a bloom.

Also, thank you HDD for the instructions on posting multi photos. Yours are great.