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Alcantarea imperialis is a large lithophytic bromeliad from rocky slopes in Brazil, grown for its huge rosette and tall red flower spike that can take decades to appear. It needs full sun, good drainage and a water-holding central tank.
Alcantarea imperialis is a robust lithophytic species of bromeliad (family Bromeliaceae) in the genus Alcantarea. This species is endemic to Brazil.
It was first described in 1888 as Vriesea imperialis by Élie-Abel Carrière, who dedicated it to the Emperor Dom Pedro of Brazil with the species epithet, imperialis. It was assigned to the genus, Alcantarea, by Hermann Harms in 1930.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Alcantarea imperialis 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.
