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A vigorous species from Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and southern Brazil. It is remarkably cold tolerant under glass though I don't think it has a chance outside.
Thin, sharp dark spines along the edges of the leaves make it difficult to handle. Rauh says: "Infloresence stout, long, slender, cylindrical or spindle form; spikes upright, few flowered; large flowers; leaves usually with a long pointed tip. Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina." The Monaco Nature Encyclopedia says: "The Aechmea distichantha var. schlumbergeri E. Morren ex Mez (1892)is native to the humid forests of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay. The name of the genus comes from the Greek "aichme" = spearhead, with reference to the thorny apices of the sepals and of the floral bracts; the name of the species is the combination of the Greek words "distichos" = two lines, distich and "anthos" = flower, with reference at the disposition of the flowers into the inflorescence. The variety was honoured to the French collector Frederic Schlumberger (1823-1893). Its cultivation can be tried also in the warm temperate climates, in sheltered location, as it can stand, for short time, temperatures as low as -3°C. " |
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| 15th November 2018 | ||
