How to tend a Aechmea fasciata
Also known as: Aechmea fasciata var. flavivittata Reitz, Aechmea fasciata var. pruinosa Reitz, Aechmea fasciata var. purpurea (Guillon) Mez, Aechmea hamata Mez, Aechmea leopoldii Baker, Aechmea rhodocyanea (Lem.) Wawra ex Mez, Billbergia fasciata Lindl., Billbergia glazioviana Regel, Billbergia rhodocyanea Lem., Billbergia rhodocyanea var. purpurea Guillon, Hohenbergia fasciata (Lindl.) Schult. & Schult.f., Hoplophytum fasciatum (Lindl.) Beer, Platyaechmea fasciata (Lindl.) L.B.Sm. & W.J.Kress, Platyaechmea fasciata var. flavivittata (Reitz) L.B.Sm. & W.J.Kress, Platyaechmea fasciata var. pruinosa (Reitz) L.B.Sm. & W.J.Kress, Platyaechmea fasciata var. purpurea (Guillon) L.B.Sm. & W.J.Kress, Tillandsia bracteata Vell., Billbergia glaziovii Regel, Aechmea fasciata var. fasciata , Bromelia fasciata (Lindl.) Desf.
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Spray water on the plant when temperature is high, keep soil moist in other time
Sunlight
Like half shade, may grow in places with bright scattered light
Soil
Peat or soil with specific nutrients
Fertilizer
Apply enough base fertilizers
Pruning
In spring pruning and remove old, diseased and dead leaves timely
About this plant
- Origin
- South Eastern Brazil
- Category
- Bromeliaceae, Aechmea
- Size
- Diameter ⥠20 cm, height 15-20 cm
- Blooming period
- Flowering period May-July
- Flower colors
- light blue, light rose red
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