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Aechmea recurvata has some more or less hardy forms, if it is kept dry, which means under
cover somewhere. This form from Paraguay is large growing with broad fleshy leaves, and it
hasn't taken recent winters all that well. I was worried that this wouldn't be hardy enough to grow here, but it has prospered in a cold glasshouse and divided slowly. It is now showing distinctively brown leaves and is much larger than the other forms I grow. I was having problems with it in the early years and I think I was keeping it too shaded. Once it moved into full sun it prospered. The Bromeliad Society International Register says: "Grown from BSI Seed Bank in Sept. 2000 (donor not recorded) as Ae. recurvata from Paraguay.. Presumably seed raised and named by Gerry Stansfield in Auckland, New Zealand. Recurvata Group. Reg. Doc. 2/2005 Country of origin: Paraguay / N.Z." |
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