Bromeliad Cultivar Register (12503) 2014-10-14

*xQUESMEA ‘Arden's Gem’*	? / Little R*	circa 2008
Mature upright, stocky rosette to 55cms. diameter x 50cms. high in bloom. Bronzed green / brick red, broad, leathery, black-spined leaves with black cross-banding on the reverse. Erect, branched spike of vermillion orange scape bracts and creamy yellow flowers. Birds-or-bees hybrid produced in the garden of Dr. Arden Dearden of Equatorial Exotics, Cairns, Queensland. Reg. Doc. 10/2014 by Ross Little. Country of origin: Queensland Australia
Seed Parent: Quesnelia edmundoi var. rubrobracteata	Pollen Parent: Aechmea orlandiana ?