A cool morning, piercing bright light. Prickly edges, prickly shadows.

I spun around quickly as my eye caught this brilliant color and light!

Aechmea Little Harv is my favorite Bromeliad and this is a young bud. Its surface, rosy red with peachy overtones and a white spotty surface. The edges are quite prickly and hooked... something I remember each Fall when it's time to prune them and separate the new pups. The member of the Bromeliad family you definitely know is the Pineapple. (See fabulous one below in comments.)

I love the inner world here... shadowy edges brought up to visible by the intense morning sunlight. Little Harv's petals are usually quite opaque but not today! Look closely at the terminal thorns, even they have the same white spotty texture.

I just couldn't pass it by... even though I was running late.

Biscayne Park, FL
www.susanfordcollins.com

Taken in: United States / Florida / Miami / Biscayne Park (show map)

Taken on: February 6, 2010

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