Vriesea botafogensis VIPP 7-13-20 The leaf color is bronzy-green

The leaf color is bronzy-green and the inflorescence is a cluster of short pink-orange branches and bracts on a tall scape

Unusual for the cross

concentrica x ‘Avalon’ and other concentrica hybrids

After blooming it produces large

For sure it is beautiful so both suggest that the plant be given a cultivar name for the interim

Vriesea botafogensis VIPP 7-13-20 The leaf color is bronzy-greenAn interesting and rare plant from the exposed granite cliffs at the entrance to Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Resembling the much more familiar Vr. saundersii, it is smaller, about 6 inches across, with deeply recurving, broad, leathery leaves that are heavily speckled with red below and sparingly above. The inflorescence is a panicle of dense yellow branches on a 12 inch scape.