Aechmea zebrina 'Unstable Mabel' albomarginated NO WHOLESALE a local bromeliad celebrity back

a local bromeliad celebrity back in the ‘70s and ‘80s

Chestnut red

it blends two of the best Tillandsias out there

Offsets form along the stem at irregular intervals

A wet grower in nature

Aechmea zebrina 'Unstable Mabel' albomarginated NO WHOLESALE a local bromeliad celebrity backYou have to wonder why this beautiful plant has such a weird name, right? Well when this spectacular variegated form of Ae. zebrina first appeared in cultivation, the beautiful variegation proved to be, shall we say, less than stable. Chester Skotak named the plant based on this unfortunate characteristic. Thankfully, this trait has pretty much gone by the wayside with successive generations of variegated plants being produced. Aechmea zebrina is a