Navia cf lactea 2018-09-12 formerly Streptocalyx poeppigii which then

formerly Streptocalyx poeppigii which then became Aechmea beeriana but since 2008 has been classified as Ae

Different and attractive

stoloniferous habit and green leaves overlaid with brown to black mottling

A nice species for landscaping

The inflorescence is a spiny head of many recurving

Navia cf lactea 2018-09-12 formerly Streptocalyx poeppigii which thenThough listed as cf ', lactea is probably this species. A rarity that came from the region of Ro Cunucunuma in vicinity of Cerro Duida in the state of Amazonas in the Gran Sabana of Venezuela. Native to moist ground and damp rock walls, it is one of the very few Navias to come into cultivation. A rosette of narrow, deep green, fairly soft leaves with spiny margins, the center flushes pure white at anthesis, suggesting its name; lactea (milky).