Bromeliad Cultivar Register (16313) 2020-09-04

*xHOHENMEA ‘Smoky Indigo’*	Yamboonmee, Thawat	2015
Matiure, upright, open rosette to 50cm. diameter x 60cm. high. In strong light, frosted indigo, upright, black-spined leaves with pale silver cross-banding and slightly down-turned tips. Rosette base is semi-bulbous and the foliage reverse is heavily scurfed grey-green. Erect, branched, mealy-stemmed spike to 1 metre high with pink scape bracts, side fascicles of narrow, frosted green ovaries and white tubular flowers which blacken when spent. Reg. Doc. 5/2020 by Kosit Kaewkangwal. Country of origin: Thailand
Seed Parent: Aechmea chantinii	Pollen Parent: Hohenbergia vestita x ?