Orchid identification?

Question

I recently journeyed to mexico and in an orchid house i photographed a really unusual one. It is a light pink colour. It has large pink 'spiky' 'leaves' :P, and the rest of the orchid appears to look like it has numerous buds growing. It also has very few light purple [but not lilac] flower buds dotted on it. Not a very good description, but the best for an extremely wierdly shaped plant. The leaves are a deep dark green that have white all over in scratched on patches.

I know it is EXTREMELY hard to identify seeing as there are over 8600 types, but it's worth a shot. I don't think it is one of the most well known either.

I have tried to get an image of it on here but i do not know how. If anyone knows how you do this but not the question, that would help EVERYONE too, and i will add the image as extra infomation.

Answer 1

Post the image in Picasa or some other photo sharing site, then post the link here. Like you say, it is impossible to tell anything from your description.  

Answer 2

I'm not sure what type of orchid it is because it doesn't look like an orchid.  I think it is a pink bromeliad:

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