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| color = lightgreen
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| name = Aechmea
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| name = ''Aechmea''
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| common_names =    <!--- if multiple, list all, if none, leave blank -->
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| growth_habit = herbaceous
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| high =    <!--- 1m (3 ft) -->
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| wide =    <!--- 65cm (25 inches) -->
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| origin =    <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->
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| poisonous =    <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous -->
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| lifespan = perennial
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| exposure = part-shade
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| water = see cultivation section
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| features =    <!--- flowers, fragrance, naturalizes, invasive -->
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| hardiness = frost sensitive
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| bloom =    <!--- seasons which the plant blooms, if it is grown for its flowers -->
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| usda_zones =    <!--- eg. 8-11 -->
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| sunset_zones = 22-27, or indoors
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| color = IndianRed
 
| image = Aechmea fasciata inflorescence.jpg
 
| image = Aechmea fasciata inflorescence.jpg
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| image_width = 240px
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| image_caption = ''[[Aechmea fasciata]]'' [[inflorescence]]
 
| image_caption = ''[[Aechmea fasciata]]'' [[inflorescence]]
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| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
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| regnum = Plantae
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| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
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|unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
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| classis = [[Liliopsida]]
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|unranked_classis = Monocots
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| ordo = [[Poales]]
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|unranked_ordo = Commelinids
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| familia = [[Bromeliaceae]]
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|ordo = Poales
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| subfamilia = [[Bromelioideae]]
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|familia = Bromeliaceae
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| genus = '''''Aechmea'''''
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|subfamilia = Bromelioideae
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| genus_authority = [[Hipólito Ruiz López|Ruiz]] & [[José Antonio Pavón|Pav.]]
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|genus = Aechmea
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| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
 
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| subdivision =
 
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Over 140, see text.
 
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| synonyms =
 
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''Echinostachys'' <small>[[Adolphe Theodore Brongniart|Brongn.]] ex [[Jules Émile Planchon|Planch.]]</small><br/>
 
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''Gravisia'' <small>Mez</small><br/>
 
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''Hoplophytum'' <small>Beer</small><br/>
 
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''Pothuava'' <small>[[Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré|Gaudich.]]</small><br/>
 
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''Streptocalyx'' <small>Beer</small><br/>
 
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''Wittmackia'' <small>Mez</small>
 
 
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'''''Aechmea''''' is a [[genus (biology)|genus]] of the [[botany|botanical]] [[family (biology)|family]] [[Bromeliaceae]], subfamily [[Bromelioideae]].
 
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''Aechmea'' has more than 140 species distributed from [[Mexico]] through [[South America]]. Most of the species in this genus are [[epiphyte]]s.
 
  
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==Selected species==
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:''More information about this species can be found on the [[Aechmea|genus page]].''
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* ''[[Aechmea abbreviata]]'' <small>[[Lyman Bradford Smith|L.B.Sm.]]</small>
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* ''[[Aechmea aciculosa]]'' <small>Mez & Sodiro</small>
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==Cultivation==
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* ''[[Aechmea angustifolia]]'' <small>[[Eduard Friedrich Poeppig|Poepp.]] & [[Stephan Ladislaus Endlicher|Endl.]]</small>
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* ''[[Aechmea apocalyptica]]'' <small>Reitz</small>
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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.
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===Propagation===
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===Pests and diseases===
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==Species==
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Selected species:
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* ''[[Aechmea abbreviata]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea aciculosa]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea angustifolia]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea apocalyptica]]''
 
* ''[[Aechmea aquilegia]]''
 
* ''[[Aechmea aquilegia]]''
 
* ''[[Aechmea beeriana]]''
 
* ''[[Aechmea beeriana]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea blanchetiana]]'' <small>([[John Gilbert Baker|Baker]]) L.B.Sm.</small>
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* ''[[Aechmea blanchetiana]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea blumenavii]]'' <small>Reitz</small>
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* ''[[Aechmea blumenavii]]''
 
* ''[[Aechmea bracteata]]''
 
* ''[[Aechmea bracteata]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea bromeliifolia]]'' <small>([[Edward Rudge|Rudge]]) Baker</small>
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* ''[[Aechmea bromeliifolia]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea caesia]]'' <small>[[E.Morren]] ex Baker</small>
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* ''[[Aechmea caesia]]''
 
* ''[[Aechmea calyculata]]''
 
* ''[[Aechmea calyculata]]''
 
* ''[[Aechmea candida]]''
 
* ''[[Aechmea candida]]''
 
* ''[[Aechmea caudata]]''
 
* ''[[Aechmea caudata]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea chantinii]]'' - Amazonian Zebra Plant <small>([[Élie Abel Carrière|Carrière]]) Baker</small>
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* ''[[Aechmea chantinii]]'' - Amazonian Zebra Plant  
 
* ''[[Aechmea coelestis]]''
 
* ''[[Aechmea coelestis]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea cylindrata]]'' <small>[[Carl Axel Magnus Lindman|Lindm.]]</small>
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* ''[[Aechmea cylindrata]]''  
 
* ''[[Aechmea dealbata]]''
 
* ''[[Aechmea dealbata]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea distichantha]]'' - Brazilian Vaseplant, Vase Plant <small>[[Charles Antoine Lemaire|Lem.]]</small>
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* ''[[Aechmea distichantha]]'' - Brazilian Vaseplant, Vase Plant
 
* ''[[Aechmea drakeana]]''
 
* ''[[Aechmea drakeana]]''
 
* ''[[Aechmea emmerichiae]]''
 
* ''[[Aechmea emmerichiae]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea fasciata]]'' - Silver-Vase, Urn Plant <small>Baker</small>
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* ''[[Aechmea fasciata]]'' - Silver-Vase, Urn Plant  
 
* ''[[Aechmea filicaulis]]''
 
* ''[[Aechmea filicaulis]]''
 
* ''[[Aechmea flavorosea]]''
 
* ''[[Aechmea flavorosea]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea fosteriana]]'' - Lacquered Wine Cup, Foster's Bromeliad <small>L.B.Sm.</small>
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* ''[[Aechmea fosteriana]]'' - Lacquered Wine Cup, Foster's Bromeliad  
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* ''[[Aechmea fulgens]]'' - Coralberry <small>[[Adolphe Theodore Brongniart|Brongn.]]</small>
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* ''[[Aechmea fulgens]]'' - Coralberry
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* ''[[Aechmea gamosepala]]'' <small>Wittm.</small>
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* ''[[Aechmea gamosepala]]''
 
* ''[[Aechmea hoppi]]''
 
* ''[[Aechmea hoppi]]''
 
* ''[[Aechmea kentii]]''
 
* ''[[Aechmea kentii]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea kleinii]]'' <small>Reitz</small>
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* ''[[Aechmea kleinii]]''  
 
* ''[[Aechmea kuntzeana]]''
 
* ''[[Aechmea kuntzeana]]''
 
* ''[[Aechmea lindenii]]''
 
* ''[[Aechmea lindenii]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea miniata]]''
 
* ''[[Aechmea miniata]]''
 
* ''[[Aechmea mulfordii]]'' - Living Vase Bromelia
 
* ''[[Aechmea mulfordii]]'' - Living Vase Bromelia
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* ''[[Aechmea nudicaulis]]'' <small>[[August Grisebach|Griseb.]]</small>
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* ''[[Aechmea nudicaulis]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea orlandiana]]'' <small>L.B.Sm.</small>
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* ''[[Aechmea orlandiana]]''  
 
* ''[[Aechmea pedicellata]]''
 
* ''[[Aechmea pedicellata]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea perforata]]'' <small>L.B.Sm.</small>
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* ''[[Aechmea perforata]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea pimenti-velosii]]'' <small>Reitz</small>
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* ''[[Aechmea pimenti-velosii]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea pineliana]]'' <small>Baker</small>
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* ''[[Aechmea pineliana]]''
 
* ''[[Aechmea purpureorosea]]''
 
* ''[[Aechmea purpureorosea]]''
 
* ''[[Aechmea recurvata]]''
 
* ''[[Aechmea recurvata]]''
 
* ''[[Aechmea rodriguesiana]]''
 
* ''[[Aechmea rodriguesiana]]''
 
* ''[[Aechmea spectabilis]]''
 
* ''[[Aechmea spectabilis]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea tillandsioides]]'' <small>([[Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius|Mart.]] ex [[Josef August Schultes|Schult.]] & [[Julius Hermann Schultes|Schult.f.]]) Baker</small>
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* ''[[Aechmea tillandsioides]]''
 
* ''[[Aechmea veitchii]]''
 
* ''[[Aechmea veitchii]]''
 
* ''[[Aechmea victoriana]]''
 
* ''[[Aechmea victoriana]]''
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* ''[[Aechmea zebrina]]''
 
* ''[[Aechmea zebrina]]''
  
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==External links==
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==Gallery==
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*[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?221 Germplasm Resources Information Network: ''Aechmea'']
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*[http://www.biologie.uni-ulm.de/cgi-bin/system/botsys.pl?id=429&stufe=G&typ=PFL&sid=T&only=no&syno=no&lang=e SysTax: ''Aechmea'']
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* {{pt icon}} [http://florabrasiliensis.cria.org.br/search?taxon_id=5154 Flora Brasiliensis: ''Aechmea'']
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Image:Upload.png| photo 1
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{{commons|Aechmea}}
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==References==
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
  
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==External links==
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Revision as of 04:42, 28 February 2009


Aechmea fasciata inflorescence


Plant Characteristics
Lifespan: ⌛ perennial
Cultivation
Exposure: ☼ part-shade"part-shade" is not in the list (sun, part-sun, shade, unknown) of allowed values for the "Exposure" property.
Water: ◍ see cultivation section"see cultivation section" is not in the list (wet, moist, moderate, dry, less when dormant) of allowed values for the "Water" property.
Sunset Zones: 22-27, or indoors
Scientific Names

Bromeliaceae >

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More information about this species can be found on the genus page.

Cultivation

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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

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Pests and diseases

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Species

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Gallery

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References

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