It reminded me of a plant I had seen at the Philadelphia Flower Show last year and when I got home to my computer, I checked the NYPAOS archives. Turns out I was thinking of Aechmea.
The similarities are great -- they are both in the Bromeliadaceae family, which means they are closely related to pineapples, and they both have hard, serrated leaves. Aechmeas are more popular -- most people have seen the 'Silver Vase' Aechmea before - but Porteas are equally prolific in their native habitat on the east coast of Brazil.
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