The beautiful rose and white flowered Aechmea described below is one of a pair of novelties collected and recently flowered by Chester Skotak. For a trip report, please see Skotak (2003).

Aechmea jungurudoensis H. Luther & K. Norton, sp. nov. TYPE: Panama; Darien, Serrania de Jungurudo, slopes of Mt. Garagara, 600 m. June 2003, C. Skotak et al legit; flowered in cultivation 18 Aug. 2006, M. Kiehl s.n. (Holotype: SEL).

Ab A. spectabilis Brongiart ex Houllet, cui similis, floribus pedicellatis, petalis albis et inflorescentia dense lepidota minorique differt.

Plant an epiphyte, flowering 4560 cm tall. Leaves spreading, 7585 cm long, moderately coriaceous, green adaxially, tinged red abaxially; leaf sheaths elliptic, 10 x 6 cm, entire, nerved, castaneous toward the base, punctate-lepidote, more so adaxially; leaf blades lingulate,...