Aechmea chantinii

Plant Characteristics

Habit		bromeliad
Height:	⇕	40 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 40.
Width:	⇔	20 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 20.
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Bloom:	❀	early summer, mid summer, late summer

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	part-sun, shade
Features:	✓	flowers
USDA Zones:		9 to 10
Sunset Zones:		22-27, or indoors
Flower features:	❀	orange, yellow

Scientific Names

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Aechmea chantinii is a bromeliad typical of Amazon Rainforest vegetation in Brazil. Commonly known as Amazonian Zebra Plant, it is often used as an ornamental plant.

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

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.

Varieties

The following subspecies are recognized :

• Aechmea chantinii var. chantinii (Carrière) Baker, 1889
• Aechmea chantinii var. fuchsii H.Luther (1987 publ. 1988).

Cultivars:

Aechmea 'Albright Red' Aechmea 'Amazonense' Aechmea 'Amazonia' Aechmea 'Ash Blonde' Aechmea 'Bill Barrett' Aechmea 'Bill Hobbs' Aechmea 'Black' Aechmea 'Black Ebony' Aechmea 'Black Goddess' Aechmea 'Black Ice' Aechmea 'Black Magic' Aechmea 'Black Prince' Aechmea 'Bob Alonzo' Aechmea 'Chantata' Aechmea 'Chantichantha' Aechmea 'Checkmate' Aechmea 'Cinnamon Twist' Aechmea 'Cloudburst' Aechmea 'Dana J' Aechmea 'Dark DeLeon' Aechmea 'Dark Goddess' Aechmea 'Dennis B.' Aechmea 'Dwarf' Aechmea 'Early Bird' Aechmea 'Echidna' Aechmea 'Fascini' Aechmea 'Fia' Aechmea 'Filip Van Onsem' Aechmea 'Flamingo'

Aechmea 'Foster's Chant' Aechmea 'Francis' Aechmea 'Friederike' Aechmea 'Frosty' Aechmea 'Fulgo-Chantinii' Aechmea 'Gold Nugget' Aechmea 'Green Ice' Aechmea 'Grey Ghost' Aechmea 'Hapu Ram' Aechmea 'Harlequin' Aechmea 'Ilse' Aechmea 'J.C. Superstar' Aechmea 'Jackson' Aechmea 'John Winston' Aechmea 'Little Harv' Aechmea 'Mako Santan' Aechmea 'Midnight Special' Aechmea 'Morris Henry Hobbs' Aechmea 'Nigre' Aechmea 'Noir' Aechmea 'Norway' Aechmea 'Olive's Delight' Aechmea 'Orange Sherbert' Aechmea 'Pacifica' Aechmea 'Pink Goddess' Aechmea 'RaRu' Aechmea 'Red Goddess' Aechmea 'Ruby' Aechmea 'Samurai'

Aechmea 'Saturn' Aechmea 'Shogun' Aechmea 'Silver Goddess' Aechmea 'Ski Track' Aechmea 'Skyrocket' Aechmea 'Snippy Lynn' Aechmea 'Snow Flake' Aechmea 'Solid Silver' Aechmea 'Stripes on Stripes' Aechmea 'Summerland' Aechmea 'Sweden' Aechmea 'Thai Red' Aechmea 'Tillantini' Aechmea 'Tropic Torch' Aechmea 'Very Black' Aechmea 'Vista' xAechopsis 'Santa Cruz' xAnamea 'Pink Scorpion' xCanmea 'Galaxy' xCanmea 'Smokey' xHohenmea 'Betsy McCrory' xNeomea 'Arla Rutledge' xNeomea 'Big Rusty' xNeomea 'Black Snow' xNeomea 'Eugenia' xNeomea 'Marnieri' xNeomea 'Memoria Ralph Davis' xNeomea 'San Diego' xNeomea 'Stardust' xNidumea 'Margaret J'

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