| Lifespan: | ⌛ | perennial |
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| Origin: | ✈ | Mexico to S America |
| Exposure: | ☼ | part-shade"part-shade" is not in the list (sun, part-sun, shade, unknown) of allowed values for the "Exposure" property. |
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| 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 |
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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
Aechmea has more than 140 species distributed from Mexico through South America. Most of the species in this genus are epiphytes.
- Aechmea abbreviata
- Aechmea aciculosa
- Aechmea angustifolia
- Aechmea apocalyptica
- Aechmea aquilegia
- Aechmea beeriana
- Aechmea blanchetiana
- Aechmea blumenavii
- Aechmea bracteata
- Aechmea bromeliifolia
- Aechmea caesia
- Aechmea calyculata
- Aechmea candida
- Aechmea caudata
- Aechmea chantinii - Amazonian Zebra Plant
- Aechmea coelestis
- Aechmea cylindrata
- Aechmea dealbata
- Aechmea distichantha - Brazilian Vaseplant, Vase Plant
- Aechmea drakeana
- Aechmea emmerichiae
- Aechmea fasciata - Silver-Vase, Urn Plant
- Aechmea filicaulis
- Aechmea flavorosea
- Aechmea fosteriana - Lacquered Wine Cup, Foster's Bromeliad
- Aechmea fulgens - Coralberry
- Aechmea gamosepala
- Aechmea hoppi
- Aechmea kentii
- Aechmea kleinii
- Aechmea kuntzeana
- Aechmea lindenii
- Aechmea lingulata
- Aechmea longifolia
- Aechmea lueddemanniana
- Aechmea magdalenae
- Aechmea mariae-reginae
- Aechmea mexicana
- Aechmea miniata
- Aechmea mulfordii - Living Vase Bromelia
- Aechmea nudicaulis
- Aechmea orlandiana
- Aechmea pedicellata
- Aechmea perforata
- Aechmea pimenti-velosii
- Aechmea pineliana
- Aechmea purpureorosea
- Aechmea recurvata
- Aechmea rodriguesiana
- Aechmea spectabilis
- Aechmea tillandsioides
- Aechmea veitchii
- Aechmea victoriana
- Aechmea weilbachii
- Aechmea zebrina
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References
External links
- w:Aechmea. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
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