philofan,
I think that may be Ananas bracteatus variegata,but young and grown in poor light so far. Mine at home is around 4 yrs old,and about 30" wide now. Heres a pic when about 2 yrs old.
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Ah ha. I do have one of these myself, but the forms look so different at this seedling stage, I never would have guessed. It has colored up since I put it out. Thanks, Bob.

Philofan,
I found a recent photo of that same plant as it is today.Its to the right in the grouping.
Bob
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Quite nice. My grown plant I've had for over two years--still no spike yet.

If not Ananus, how about Aechmea recurvata varigata. The coloring on the leaves leads me down this road.

Surely a posibility gonzer,I thought of that too. We can't see the base of philofan's plant,so I figured it was more likely to be Ananas,being more readily available. The Ae.recurvata has a short bulbous base,and otherwise,does look like philofan's plant.
We can see a pic on Stephania's Apr.9th post that includes a pic of Ae.'Aztec Gold',(variegated recurvata),or on the fcbs site. If the plant remains small,and assumes a bulb type base shape,then it would be the Ae.recurvata variegated plant.
In any case,its a good looker so far.
Any other ideas out there?
Bob

I have Aztec Gold as well, and this doesn't look that similar. At first I thought this was an eryngium because the leaves are fairly thin with small spines. I'll report back in the future as it grows out.

There is a variegated form of Ananas nanus, the Dwarf Pineapple, with yellow stripes. I've never seen the plant but a florist friend had some of the little fruits and gave us one to try and root the top. Unfortunately the particular one he gave us had too much yellow on it so it didn't root, and I've never seen it again. I'm sure a more evenly variegated specimen would have rooted.

I'll bet that's what this is. It certainly has that A. nanus look to it.