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| name = Aechmea fulgens
|familia=Bromeliaceae
| common_names = <!--- if multiple, list all, if none, leave blank -->
|genus=Aechmea
| growth_habit = herbaceous
|species=fulgens
| high = <!--- 1m (3 ft) -->
|taxo_author=Brongniart
| wide = <!--- 65cm (25 inches) -->
|habit=bromeliad
| origin = <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous -->
|Max ht box=27
| lifespan = perennial
|Max ht metric=in
| exposure = part-shade
|height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|Max wd box=20
| features = <!--- flowers, fragrance, naturalizes, invasive -->
|Max wd metric=in
| hardiness = frost sensitive
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| bloom = <!--- seasons which the plant blooms, if it is grown for its flowers -->
|lifespan=perennial
| usda_zones = <!--- eg. 8-11 -->
|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| sunset_zones = 22-27, or indoors
|exposure=shade
| color = IndianRed
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| image = Upload.png <!--- Freesia.jpg -->
|features=foliage, houseplant
| image_width = 240px <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->
|flowers=red, blue, purple, pink
| image_caption = <!--- eg. Cultivated freesias -->
|Temp Metric=°F
| regnum = Plantae
|min_zone=9
|unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|unranked_classis = Monocots
|max_zone=10
|unranked_ordo = Commelinids
|sunset_zones=22-27, or indoors
|ordo = Poales
|image=aechmeafulgens.jpg
|familia = Bromeliaceae
|image_width=240
|subfamilia = Bromelioideae
}}
}}
'''''Aechmea fulgens''''' ('''Coralberry''') is a [[Bromeliaceae|bromeliad]], which is often used like an [[ornamental plant]]. This plant grows in [[Brazil]].
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Aechmea fulgens, Brongn. (A. discolor, Hort.). Lvs. broad, with small distant teeth, with a broad cuspidate end: panicle large, simple above, branched below, glabrous, bearing numerous fls.; petals blue-tipped, exceeding the rich red calyx; fl.-bracts minute or none: branch-bracts yellowish. S. Amer. B.M. 4293.
Aechmea fulgens, Brongn. (A. discolor, Hort.). Lvs. broad, with small distant teeth, with a broad cuspidate end: panicle large, simple above, branched below, glabrous, bearing numerous fls.; petals blue-tipped, exceeding the rich red calyx; fl.-bracts minute or none: branch-bracts yellowish. S. Amer. B.M. 4293.
==Cultivation==
==Cultivation==
Grow in shady spot with great air circulation. Soil should retain water, and be watered when dry to touch. Water should be poured into cups of leaves regularly. Can be grown in soil, pots, moss in the crotch of trees.
Grow in shady spot with great air circulation. Soil should retain water, and be watered when dry to touch. Water should be poured into cups of leaves regularly. Can be grown in soil, pots, moss in the crotch of trees.
===Propagation===
===Propagation===
===Pests and diseases===
===Pests and diseases===
==Varieties==
==Varieties==
Cultivars:
* [[Aechmea Burning Bush|''Aechmea'' 'Burning Bush']]
* [[Aechmea Festival|''Aechmea'' 'Festival']]
* [[Aechmea Fulgida|''Aechmea'' 'Fulgida']]
* [[Aechmea Ice-T|''Aechmea'' 'Ice-T']]
* [[Aechmea Jeanne Eunice|''Aechmea'' 'Jeanne Eunice']]
* [[Aechmea Torch|''Aechmea'' 'Torch']]
==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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==References==
==References==
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<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
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