Aechmea weilbachii is a type of bromeliad and is sometimes known as an urn plant because of the way it stores water in the centre of the leaves. This species comes from eastern Brazil, from the States of Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro. It is an epiphytie which flowers in late autumn, winter and early spring. It’s flowers last for quite a while, the flowers are followed by lilac-red fruit. It goes well in the right sort of pot or in a bed full of rough organic material and it clumps up fairly well. It’s currently sharing a pot with an abutilon and both seem to be doing quite well. Like most bromeliads it can be propagated by division or by potting offsets from the base of the plant. #bromiliad #Aechmea #AechmeaWeilbachii #urnplant #foolproofplant #flower #abcmygarden #myplants #australiangarden #ausgarden #Brazil #RioDeJaneiro #EspíritoSanto #purple (at Belmont, New South Wales, Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfdmaZKv9ch/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=