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I have just been sent a young pup , which is currently rooting in the conservatory. It is supposed to be quite cold tolerant,
but it will have to be a bit larger before I am prepared to try it without winter heating! It isn't hardy enough to risk outside so it came indoors for the winter. Unfortunately it grows very slowly through the summer so it doesn't recover from any setback in the cold. This year the cold penetrated the window in the spare bedroom and the plant was lost. Graf says: " (Pernambuco), loose rosettes of stiff green leaves dusted gray; inflorescence in showy panicles with oblong red berries tipped with purple flowers." Tom Piergrossi says: Canarius say: "Aechmea fulgens var. fulgens is a very ornamental bromeliad, which has been popular in the past, until the arrival of mass-produced bromeliads. Now it is left it in the hand of collectors and botanical gardens. It grows 20-30 cm wide rosettes, often on stolons. Its inflorescence has the reddest red you can imagine. It can be used as a ground cover. Flowers and fruits shine during months above the apple-green wide leaves. It is cool-tolerant and can be tried outdoors in coastal mediterranean climates. |
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| 29th August 2009 | ||
