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Aechmea recurvata 'Panama'



I bought this with a certain cynicism about the name. The species comes from Argentina, Paraguay, Urasguasy and southern Brazil and is a cold tolerant southerner. It doesn't reach into the more northerly tropical parts of South America, and Panama is way outside the natural range. My assumption is that this is an unfortunate mistaken name for the clone currently going around as 'Paraguay'. If I grew them side by side I might be able to make a proper comparison, but I don't.
I'm keeping the name although I am convinced that somebody knew it was named after a South American country starting with 'p' and picked the wrong one.



14th July 2018



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References:
  • Graf, Alfred Byrd - 'Exotica' series 3 edition 10 , Roehrs Company, publishers, 1980
  • Rauh, Werner - 'Bromeliads for Home, Garden and Greenhouse' , Blandford Press, (1970) 1979
  • Bromeliad Society International, https://www.bsi.org/new/ , accessed 26.10.2026.
  • Australian Bromeliad Society, http://www.bromeliad.org.au/ , accessed 26.10.2026.
  • Encyclopedia of Bromeliads, https://bromeliad.nl/encyclopedia/index.php?find=Aechmea , accessed 26.10.2026.