Aechmea spectabilis

Read about Aechmea spectabilis in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Aechmea spectabilis, Brongn. Lvs. linear, the margins armed with stout spines: panicle laxly pyramidal; fls. about 1 1/4 in. long; sepals pale rose; petals white, purple at apex. Venezuela and Colombia. H.H. 1875:311. A. aurantiaca, Baker~Canistrum aurantiacum.—A. Barleei, Baker. Corolla pale yellow. Honduras. —A. brasiliensis, Regel. Lvs. rauch dilated at base, whitish below, black-toothed: petals light blue: calyx and rachis red: panicle branched. Brazil. Gt. 34:1202. — A. bromeliaefolia. Baker. Dense spike: Lvs. whitish below, 3-4 ft. long, serrate or spinescent: fls. light yellow. S. Amer. — A. Cornui, Carr.~A. nudicaulis. — A. Drakeana, Andre. Lvs. whitish, finely dentate: spike simple and lax; fls. long-tubular, light blue; bracts and ovaries coral-red: berries rose, becoming blue. S. Amer. H.H. 1888, p. 401, desc. — A. exsudans, Morr.~Gravisia exsudans. — A. Furstenbergii, Morr.~Streptocalyx Furstenbergii. — A. gigas, Morr. Floral lvs. crimson: fls. in a dense infl.; sepals white, lepidote; corolla pale green. Brazil. B.M. 8107. — A. glomerata, Hook.~Hohenbergia stellata, Schult. — A. Hystrix, Morr. Lvs. lepidote, whitish, crowded: spike oblong, dense; fls. purple, tomentose. Guiana. — A. lavandulacea, C. H. Wright. Fls. distichous, paniculate, the sepals awned. green, the petals deep violet. Grenada. B.M. 8005. — A. macracantha, Brongn. ~A. Schiedeana. — A. Melinonii, Hook. Panicle 3-pinnate, dense; petals bright red: lvs. spiny. 1 1/2-2 ft. Guiana. B.M. 5235. — A. mexicana, Baker. Lvs. long and large, fine-toothed: panicle 2-pinnate. long and lax, the peduncles mealy; petals crimson. Mex. — A. miniata, Hort.~Bilibergia thyrsoidea(?). — A. myriophylla, Morr. Allied to A. distichantha. Lvs, narrow, 2-3 ft., spiny, silvery-scaly on the back: fls. red, the petals fading blue. Trop. Amer. B.M. 6939. — A. nudicaulis. Griseo. Lvs. long and straight, brown-toothed: bract-lvs. subtending: spike large, brilliant red; petals yellow. Trop. Amer. R.H. 1885:36 (as A. Cornui, which is a form with shorter and denser spike). — A. paniculigera, Griseb. Lvs. large and long: panicle 1-2 ft. long, with few-fld. branches: scape tall, reddish, downy; fls. purple. Trop. Amer. — A. Schiedeana, Schlecht. (A. macracantha. Brongn.). Lvs. large, rigid, strongly armed: panicle 3-pinnate, pubescent: fls. pale yellow. Mex. Gt. 43 p. 175. — A. serrata, Mez. Panicle very dense, bipinnate; fls. distichous, sessile; sepals spinulose; petals violet, mucronate. Martinique. R.H. 1907: 129 — A. zebrina~Billbergia zebrina. L. H. B. George V. Nash. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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

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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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