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Aechmea chantinii
In Singapore: Amazonian Zebra Plant, Queen of the Bromeliads, Queen of the Aechmeas (Grown in Singapore)
Aechmea chantinii, the Amazonian zebra plant, is an epiphytic bromeliad from the Amazon rainforest, grown for its striped leaves and bromeliad flower spike. It needs bright filtered light, a loose airy mix, and cups of water kept in the central rosette.
Aechmea chantinii, commonly known as Amazonian zebra plant, is a species bromeliad often used as an ornamental plant. It is native to the Amazon rainforest in Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
The following subspecies are recognized :
Aechmea apocalyptica · Aechmea blumenavii · Brazilian Vaseplant · Urnplant · Coralberry · Aechmea gamosepala · Aechmea kleinii · Aechmea lueddemanniana · Arghan · Christmas Jewels · Aechmea rubens · Aechmea serrata
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aechmea chantinii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
