Species/Cultivar: Cultivar
Seed parent plant:
Pollen Parent Plant:
Taxonomic rank: Hybrid
Hybridizer: Goode, G.
Native distribution: N/A
Habit: This
Aechmea is a fairly small recurvata type plant and is very hardy,
being able to withstand frost and dryness. In the juvenile plant the convex under side of the leaves face outward and are more exposed to the sun, but as the plant begins to mature the leaves gradually fold down exposing the upper concave aspect of the leaf. The concavity of the leaf acts to Channel water to the centre of the plant and because the leaf is not flat also acts to break the sunlight falling on the plant.
Leaf shape: The foliage is a dusty
green, until it begins to flower
when most of the leaves turn a brilliant red. The leaves are thin, stiff and barbed, they are distinctly wide and thicker at the base and taper to a fine point
Leaf cross section:
Pigmentation:
Spines:
Trichomes: The under side of the plant is lightly covered with an even cover of tichomes that are visible to the eye.
Axis:
Floral Bracts:
Rachis:
Bract on Stipe:
Primary Bract:
Internode:
Stipe:
Peduncle Bract:
Peduncle:
Inflorescence:
Flowers: The small flower
head just emerges above the central leaves with lilac coloured petals.
Petals:
Sepals:
Stamens:
Anther:
Stigma:
Pistil:
Pollen:
Roots:
Stalons: Close to parent plant
Off sets:
Pollination:
Seed:
Germination:
Cultivation: VERY
HARDY AND WILL WITHSTAND FROST AND DRYNESS
Fertilization:
Collection: NZ
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