Nice plant in size and shape for terrariums. Somewhat upright stoloniferous rosettes to about 8 inches or so, will hold a considerable amount of water in the leaf axials.
The green leaves have dark bases, fairly small spines and the inflorescence is a delicate spike with sessile flowers bearing red sepals and blue petals.
A cultivar of (calyculata x recurvata) is a tough and handsome small grower that keeps a compact shape in varying light conditions. The recurvata parent lends an upright, compact, vase-like shape, and the calyculata parent adds the bright yellow flowering inflorescence. Nice for landscape around boulders.
I know bromeliaceae that I have grown and known way up here in the frozen tundra. Yes, here in East Tennessee USA the land is stretched out horizontally east to west. Formerly from the Atlantic Coast to the great Mississippi River, as Carolina, after Andrew Jackson evicted all the Cherokee Nation.....
Any way I digress.
This is one of my current top ten cold hardy landscaping bromeliads. Originally I got one offset from nurseryman, hybridizer, and all round nice guy Grant Groves maybe 10 years ago.
With out a name tag.
But I know bromeliaceae, and I've been growing them since 1979. This Ae. 'Phoenix' is the same clonotype, or cultivated variety.
Xander Karatas. Somewhere in the Smokies.
M
Malcolm M.
Aechmea Phoenix - looking forward to seeing it bloom!
The plant arrived in good condition, and I can't wait to see it bloom.
Aechmea nudicaulis 'Alba'
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Aechmea nudicaulis ‘Alba’. This is a handsome curiosity from the hugely variable nudicaulis group. A medium sized plant at about 12 to 16 inches tall, narrowly tubular, with a deep ‘thumb print’ near the base of each leaf. The leaves are green and the bracts and flowers are both white. First brought into cultivation by Wally Berg from one of his Brazilian trips.
A stunning form of this species, with a bit of a mysterious origin. This plant has been in cultivation for many years and its exact source or origin is lost in time. It has been credited by some to Nat DeLeon, having been collected by him in Venezuela, but that information is not verifiable. At any rate this just may be the best form of this variable species.
Absolutely stunning with rich chocolate brown leaves banded heavily with silver, rarely reaching 12 inches tall in a tight, tubular rosette flaring at the top. The very stiff leaves bear a deep ‘thumb print’ above the base, typical of the species. Beautiful AND easy to grow.
A choice miniature from Mexico that grows in a full compact rosette to about 6 inches. The stiff leaves are very thick and succulent terminating in a sharp spine. With age the plant develops white filaments along the leaf margins, which grow fairly long and curl. This form has bold creamy white variegation along the margins. Cold hardy for gardens to freezing and just below. Small enough and slow enough for pot culture.
This is a good quality, versatile formula for epiphytic plants. This fertilizer does not use urea as a nitrogen source, as it is not usable by epiphytic plants. Water soluble, it can be used in daily irrigation or applied at intervals. Will not burn foliage at recommended rates and does not stain foliage. This is the fertilizer we use here at Tropiflora for our bromeliads, orchids and all epiphytic plants.
Application Rates: Constant Feed: A rate of 50 to 150 ppm of nitrogen is recommended. For bi-weekly applications: Use at the rate of 1½ to 2 tsp per gallon of water. Monthly: 1 to 1½ to tbs/gal.
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