Aechmea fulgens
Appearance
Aechmea fulgens | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Bromeliaceae |
Genus: | Aechmea |
Subgenus: | Aechmea subg. Lamprococcus |
Species: | A. fulgens
|
Binomial name | |
Aechmea fulgens | |
Synonyms[1] | |
|
Aechmea fulgens, the coralberry, is a bromeliad, which is often used like an ornamental plant. This plant grows in Brazil, especially in following states: Bahia and Pernambuco. It has an upright open rosette shape and after blooming, becomes a reddish orange. It blooms one time before dying.
Cultivars
[edit]- Aechmea 'Burning Bush'
- Aechmea 'Festival'
- Aechmea 'Fulgida'
- Aechmea 'Ice-T'
- Aechmea 'Jeanne Eunice'
- Aechmea 'Torch'
References
[edit]- BSI Cultivar Registry Retrieved 11 October 2009
External links
[edit]- Aechmea fulgens Archived 2007-02-14 at the Wayback Machine
- (in Portuguese) Aechmea fulgens