Aechmea distichantha

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Plant Characteristics
Habit   bromeliad

Height: 3 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 3.
Width: 3 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 3.
Lifespan: perennial
Bloom: early summer, mid summer, late summer
Cultivation
Exposure: part-sun
Features: flowers, foliage, houseplant
USDA Zones: 9 to 10
Sunset Zones: 22-27, or indoors
Flower features: red, blue, purple, pink
Scientific Names

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Aechmea distichantha (Brazilian vaseplant, vase plant) is a bromeliad typical of Cerrado vegetation in Brazil, which is also native to northern Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay. This plant is often used as an ornamental plant.


Read about Aechmea distichantha in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Aechmea distichantha, Lem. Lvs. 2-3 ft. long, with a dilated base 4-5 in. long and half as wide, the blade rigid and channelled, edges prickly: scape 1-1 1/2ft.; fls. in a bipinnate panicle 4-7 in. long and half as wide, the petals tongue-shaped and red-purple, longer than the obtuse-cuspidate sepals; fl.-bract pocket-like, 1/4in. long. Brazil.


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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.


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Varieties

The following varieties are recognized:

  • Aechmea distichantha var. distichantha Lem.
  • Aechmea distichantha var. glaziovii (Baker) L.B.Sm.(1943)
  • Aechmea distichantha var. schlumbergeri E.Morren ex Mez (1892)
  • Aechmea distichantha var. vernicosa E.Pereira (1979)

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