Aechmea blanchetiana

The attractive orange foliage with red tips of this easy-care bromeliad is a perfect background for the brilliant, springtime flower stalk, which emerges from the tight center rosette of leaves. The flower stalk is composed of a cluster of red and yellow showy bracts. It is the long-lasting bracts...

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Main Author: Edward F. Gilman
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Language:English
Published: The University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries 2004-10-01
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description The attractive orange foliage with red tips of this easy-care bromeliad is a perfect background for the brilliant, springtime flower stalk, which emerges from the tight center rosette of leaves. The flower stalk is composed of a cluster of red and yellow showy bracts. It is the long-lasting bracts that are most noticeable. They can be used as cut flowers indoors for a period of weeks.  This document is Fact Sheet FPS-14, one of a series of the Environmental Horticulture Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Publication date: October 1999. Reviewed October 2003. FPS14/FP014: Aechmea blanchetiana: Bromeliad (ufl.edu)
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spelling doaj-art-e0d7c692c73e4c38ab5549f4511e71772025-02-07T14:33:35ZengThe University of Florida George A. Smathers LibrariesEDIS2576-00092004-10-01200415Aechmea blanchetianaEdward F. Gilman0University of Florida The attractive orange foliage with red tips of this easy-care bromeliad is a perfect background for the brilliant, springtime flower stalk, which emerges from the tight center rosette of leaves. The flower stalk is composed of a cluster of red and yellow showy bracts. It is the long-lasting bracts that are most noticeable. They can be used as cut flowers indoors for a period of weeks.  This document is Fact Sheet FPS-14, one of a series of the Environmental Horticulture Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Publication date: October 1999. Reviewed October 2003. FPS14/FP014: Aechmea blanchetiana: Bromeliad (ufl.edu) https://ojs.test.flvc.org/edis/article/view/113363FP014
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