Pitcairnia pruinosa Size:Small Bare Root Plant A large form of capitata

A large form of capitata from Mexico collected by Steve Correale and used extensively in his hybrids

An unlikely hybrid of ‘Neoregelia ‘Mother’ x Ananas nanus by Catlan

It is a large grower that may look superficially like a pineapple

Large growing to 16 inches across

Ray made the cross back in 2006 and when it finally bloomed for the first time in 2011 he thought he a recreated the pineapple

Pitcairnia pruinosa Size:Small Bare Root Plant A large form of capitataThis is a species endemic to the upper Orinoco River basin in the S. W. corner of Venezuela on the Colombian border. As part of the greater Guyana Shield or 'Lost World', this part of the region is a largely seasonally flooded savannah with granitic inselbergs, or outcrops of granitic rock called 'lajas' locally. These rock islands hold a high degree of endemic flora and among them the Pitcairnia pruinosa. Very un Pitcairnia like with broad, stiff,