Chinese ink and coffee on rice paper, silk mounted
146cm x 61cm

Edmundoa lindenii var. rosea

£ 2,000

20% goes to Tropical Important Plant Areas (Kew)

Collection arranged after exhibition.


Plant family: Bromeliaceae
Plant origin: Brazil (endemic)
Coffee used: Dāku Hana (Colombia, Brazil)


Edmundoa lindenii (Regel) Leme var. rosea (É.Morren) Leme is a member of the pineapple family, found only in the threatened Atlantic rainforests of southeastern Brazil.

Like many bromeliads, it grows mainly as an epiphyte on tree trunks and branches, and less often as a lithophyte on damp, shaded rocks. 

Its dense rosettes form a single ‘pseudo-flower’, surrounded by large pink bracts. The flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds and bees, and the rosettes collect water to sustain the plant during dry periods.

It is prized in cultivation for its striking patterned leaves, often streaked with green or red, and its ornamental floral displays.

The species is named after nineteenth-century Belgian botanist Jean Jules Linden, an orchid specialist who co-led an expedition to Brazil in the 1830s.

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