Bromeliad Cultivar Register (348) 2011-09-22

*AECHMEA ‘Mardi Gras’*	*(Weckbacher, B.)**	<1986
cv. of gamosepala - (See 'Lucky Stripes') - With stable cream colored central variegation - Larger and more vigorous than the parent with tall erect inflorescence w/small cobalt blue petals and pink sepals - introduced at the New Orleans World Conference in 1986. Gamosepala Group
Seed Parent: gamosepala
Bromeletter 1987 3:7, NewWorld1987, MB1998