I have this most amazing plant growing in my yard. Have had it for years but it has never done this before. Beautiful pink orange center. I don't know what it is or when I got it but I think it was about seven years ago. Absolutely striking, have never seen anything like it.Each frond is about three feet long so it is approximately six feet wide.
There is a pup offshoot that is quite large with no interior color. I have a nice location to plant the offspring so don't even ask...Renée thought it might be a puya at first and then a hechtia. I do not know. I have seen hechtias with pink flowers but not pink stalks.
It resembles both an agave, an aloe and a bromeliad. Totally not my field of expertise.
Anybody have a clue?
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postscript - the brilliant Jeff Chemnick had no problems figuring this one out, took less than a minute - Bromelia balansae aka "heart of flame"- thank you! I guess I have a flower stalk to look forward to!
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I would also like to boast about the Cape Chestnut tree outside my store, just rounding into peak bloom. Do trees get much prettier than this?
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Beautiful bromelia Robert. It's related to pineapple, and produces edible fruit. Jerry
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