Aechmea bracteata
Aechmea bracteata (Sw.) Griseb.
- light
- Part sun
- water
- —
- tall
- 61 cm
- wide
- 61 cm
Bromeliaceae
Formerly Aechmea barleei, Aechmea isabellina, Aechmea laxiflora, Aechmea macracantha, and 7 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- EpiphyteKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Mexico to NW. VenezuelaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Part shade (3 to 6 h)Read from Pinellas County Master Gardeners / PSLBG, one source
- Height
- 61 cmRead from Pinellas County Master Gardeners / PSLBG, one source
- Spread
- 61 cmRead from Pinellas County Master Gardeners / PSLBG, one source
- Flowers
- Orange, pink, greenRead from Pinellas County Master Gardeners / PSLBG, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -6.7 °C (USDA zone 9a)Read from Pinellas County Master Gardeners / PSLBG, not yet checkedOne source. Checker: pslbg.org page does not state -6.7: it gives only a hardiness zone range, no minimum temperature
Not known yet: water, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (2)
- Chinese
- 苞叶光萼荷
- Portuguese
- Gallito
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Pinellas County Master Gardeners / PSLBG, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, Public domain
- 3D model: Aechmea bracteata (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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