Aloe cameronii Mt. Zembe form Caudiciform Billbergia x 'Darth Vader' A

Billbergia x 'Darth Vader'   A strangely beautiful black and silver Bromeliad

That's what the plant name means: Senecio that looks like a Stapeliad

Plants grow from late spring through fall then die back to the tuber in the winter (corresponding with the rainy and dry seasons in SE Asia)

Last image shows a mature caudex

Plants are covered in dense white to brownish felt

Aloe cameronii Mt. Zembe form Caudiciform Billbergia x 'Darth Vader' AAloe cameronii Mt. Zembe Family: Xanthorrhoeaceae. A beautiful rarely seen form of this species. Originally collected by a friend of mine (legally!) this variety is from Mt. Zembe, Mozambique and differs from the normal A. cameronii in having much darker and redder leaves (when in full sun) and more spacing between the leaves. This spacing shows off the most interesting part of the plant, the petioles or leaf sheathes of the plant which are a