White bromeliad

[Bill Austin]

Saw this today in the garden, has anybody seen something like this?

[Tampa Scott]

Those are drool worthy Bill.

[Zeeth]

Wow that's impressive. 

[Monòver]

Nice!!!!

[Neil C]

I take it this is a pup from a normal coloured parent that has come out white?  

Hard to imagine an albino pup would arise like that as they would have the same genetics as the parent plant. Would like to know what has caused this? Looks amazing!!! How many are there...three?

Regards Neil

[annafl]

Wow!  A gorgeous mutation that's supported by the parent.  I have a variegated pineapple with one albino that's persisted for over a year now but doesn't look great as it gets more sun than it likes.  The clump is obviously happy- lucky you!

[XYZ]

Very pretty sport of 'Ensign'. Are all of the albinistic plants still connected to the more normal variegates by rhizomes? They look like they may be able to make it on their own, but presumably very slow if separated. I have had pure albino pups develop from a couple mass TC neos received as gifts, but obviously these die if separated from the mother or sib rootstock since they are entirely creamy-white.

[Bill Austin]

There are three pups all still connected to the mother plant it will be interesting to if it continues to stay white and can try to remove some of the pups.

[XYZ]

This species (Aechmea orlandiana) is incredibly variable, but that is for sure he craziest color form I've ever seen. They are very prone (part. "Rainbow') to changing color between generations, depending on feed, light and other hard to discern influences. If you're going to clip the rhizome, I would wait until the last one on the change has some size to it. You may find that it dies due to having no chlorophyll at all (as opposed to having tiny amounts not visible in the photos).

Good luck,

J