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Aechmea gamosepala is an epiphytic bromeliad from southern Brazil, grown as an ornamental. It does best in bright, filtered light with a loose, airy growing medium and water kept in the central cup.
Aechmea gamosepala is a bromeliad endemic to southern Brazil. It is often cultivated as an ornamental plant. This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius
The following varieties are recognized :
Aechmea apocalyptica · Aechmea blumenavii · Amazonian Zebra Plant · Brazilian Vaseplant · Urnplant · Coralberry · 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 gamosepala 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.
