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Hohenbergia legrelliana, Baker (Aechmea legrelliana, Mez. Guzmania legrelliana, Hort.). A strong billbergia-like plant, with 7-12 strong, entire, brown-scaly lvs. and a simple dense spike of red fls. standing 4-7 ft. high: floral bracts serrate. Uruguay. George V. Nash.
 
Hohenbergia legrelliana, Baker (Aechmea legrelliana, Mez. Guzmania legrelliana, Hort.). A strong billbergia-like plant, with 7-12 strong, entire, brown-scaly lvs. and a simple dense spike of red fls. standing 4-7 ft. high: floral bracts serrate. Uruguay. George V. Nash.
 
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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.
 
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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Revision as of 18:07, 24 November 2009


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Plant Characteristics
Habit   herbaceous

Lifespan: ⌛ perennial
Cultivation
Exposure: ☼ part-sun
Sunset Zones: 22-27, or indoors
Scientific Names

Bromeliaceae >

Aechmea >

recurvata >



Read about Aechmea recurvata in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Hohenbergia legrelliana, Baker (Aechmea legrelliana, Mez. Guzmania legrelliana, Hort.). A strong billbergia-like plant, with 7-12 strong, entire, brown-scaly lvs. and a simple dense spike of red fls. standing 4-7 ft. high: floral bracts serrate. Uruguay. George V. Nash.


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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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