Aechmea fasciata
Silver Vase, Living Vase, Urn Plant, Urnplant
Description
Aechmea fasciata is one of the most widely cultivated Bromeliads as an indoor ornamental plant where it lends a unique design note with its long green foliage with silvery horizontal stripes and the striking inflorescence bearing petal-like bracts. It fears cold and temperature fluctuations and requires a bright but sheltered exposure to direct sunlight.
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Magnoliophyta
- Class
- Angiospermae
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Bromeliaceae
- Genus
- Aechmea
- Species
- Aechmea fasciata
Synonyms (11)
- Aechmea hamata
- Aechmea leopoldii
- Aechmea rhodocyanea
- Billbergia fasciata
- Billbergia glazioviana
- Billbergia rhodocyanea
- Bromelia fasciata
- Hohenbergia fasciata
- Hoplophytum fasciatum
- Platyaechmea fasciata
- Tillandsia bracteata
