Bromeliad Cultivar Register (169) 2017-07-25

*AECHMEA ‘DeLeon’*	*(DeLeon)**	1986
cv. of Aechmea fasciata similar to or associated with 'Morgana' having a pinker flower on a shorter spike and without spines on either the leaves or the bracts - to 26" tall and 26" wide - in bloom up to 4 months - heavily scurfed in well defined bands - derived from a spineless cultivar introduced by Fantastic Gardens(?) Wurthmann(?) in the 1980s. USA Patent # 7,832. Not to be confused with Aechmea 'Deleon's Chantinii' Fasciata Group Country of origin: Florida USA
Seed Parent: fasciata
Patent Documents 1992, DeLeonCat1994ill