Bromeliad Cultivar Register (183) 2010-10-28

*AECHMEA ‘Eileen’*	DeLeon	1988
Spineless cultivar to 30" tall and wide forming a deep green rosette of over 18 leaves - lower surface of leaves often completely covered by silvery trichomes - inflorescence is heavy and upright w/multiple pinnate branches in a deep rose-pink throughout - in bloom for up to six months. USA Patent #7,833.
Seed Parent: serrata x fasciata	Pollen Parent: serrata
Patent Documents 1992, PineapplePl 96, CargoRpt#4-2, DeLeonCat1995ill, GolinskiVideo1997