This Bromeliad was photographed in the Botanical Garden of Rio de Janeiro, unlabelled.
I thought I had found it on the web, where it is called Aechmea 'Carioca', so a cultivar.
https://www.google.be/search?q...
But there is a species bromeliad which is called Aechmea cariocae. Only one letter different!
http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov....
I found this document about the confusion:
http://mailman.science.uu.nl/p...
I cannot find any photos of the species on the web, so don't know what to do..