Bromeliad
Aechmea Fosters Favourite
Distribution & Habitat:
Aechmeas are native to Brazil.
Culture:
Aechmeas are adaptable to a wide range of conditions in cultivation. As they are saxicolous, terrestrial and epiphytic, Aechmeas easily grow over rocks or old timber logs in baskets or in the ground.
Description:
Aechmea is a rather large genus of mostly epiphytic plants of the bromeliad family. Aechmeas are grown for their handsome foliage, and attractive flowers.
Aechmea Fosters Favourite features a narrow rosette of glossy wine-red leaves and an inflorescence of a spike of coral-red pear-shaped berries with dark-blue flowers.
Climate Zones:
Sub-tropical
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