Encholirium magalhaesii Diamantina X NIDUSINCORAEA Bill was among the first

Bill was among the first to have Aechmea orlandiana after it was discovered in Brazil by his friend Mulford and it quickly became one of his favorites

The edges of the leaves have pronounced black spines

A sensation at its release at the 2010 World Bromeliad Conference in New Orleans

and are heavily marked with concentric banding and some blotching of deep purple-red

Encholirium magalhaesii Diamantina X NIDUSINCORAEA Bill was among the firstA small growing, clump forming species from central Minas Gerais, Brazil where it lives in rocky areas growing in crevices and stony ground in a very arid region. The plants rarely exceed six inches across in nature with fairly narrow leaves varying from green to coppery red and bronzy, sometimes with a dusting of silver trichomes. The marginal spines are fairly prominent but are widely spaced and narrow. The shape is open with straight leaves that