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

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

The dense rosettes form a single ‘pseudo-flower’, surrounded by large pink petal-like 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 strikingly patterned leaves, often streaked with green, red or dark red, particularly when young, and for its ornamental floral displays.

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