This plant thrives in dense forests and beside rivers between elevations of 100 to 1,350 feet. The stiff, spiny edged, green leaves are covered with silvery scales underneath and grow to 3 feet in length. Two foot long scapes have […]
Aechmea candida ( White Bromeliad )
This plant grows epiphytically on either shaded rocks or trees in thick forests. The 12 to 15 inch long, green leaves have a scaly white bottom and form a small, upright rosette. Under 1 foot tall, the slim stem produces […]
Aechmea caesia ( Caesia Bromeliad )
This plant thrives as an epiphytic. The green leaves reach 12 to 15 inches in length and 1 1/2 inches in width. The undersides are white scaled and the leaf tips are rounded with black spines. 1 foot long flower […]
Aechmea brevicollis ( Short Necked Bromeliad )
This plant is stoloniferous with a few gray-green leaves. Hidden in the foliage you’ll find the thin scape and the dense, sparsley branched inflorescence has a fuzzy white scale covering. It bears 5 to 7 vertical flowers and can grow […]
Aechmea blumenavii ( Blumenavii Bromeliad )
This semi-tubular plant has glabrous, green leaves with purple blunt tips. The yellow flowers and pink bracts are supported on pale rose stems above the foliage. Leaves seldom grow longer than 1 1/2 feet with 1 inch width. Plants can […]
Aechmea bambusoides ( Bambu Bromeliad )
Aechmea are known for beautiful foliage, long lasting color and vivid berry-like fruit. Found growing on trees in open pastures at 600 foot elevation in Southern Brazil, the Minas Gerais area. Aechmea babusoides has a unique 3-foot high stemmed inflorescence […]
Aechmea araneosa ( Araneosa Bromeliad )
‘Araneosa’ has bright green leaves with dark brown spines along the edges. The leaves are glabrous vivid and green forming an open rosette. The tall stems and bracts bear bright, waxy, orange-red inflorescence and yellow petaled flowers. Plants can adapt […]
Aechmea angustifolia ( Angus Bromeliad )
‘Augustifolia’ grows from a three to four feet in diameter. The semi-tubular narrow yellowish-green leaves are stiff and rose flushed to the tip. The inflorescence is erect and has red bracts with flowers of yellow. Both epiphyte and forest floor […]
Aechmea allenii ( Allen Bromeliad )
‘Allenii’ grows from a few inches to 9 feet in diameter. Erect, gray-green leaves red 2 feet long and 2 inches wide. Scapes are sizable with noticiable bracts. The inflorescence is an erect spike of rose bracts with white or […]
Adiantum trapeziforme ( Giant Maidenhair Fern )
Evergreen fern that can reach more than 6 inches tall and 8 inches wide. Leaves are triangular shaped, very broad and spreading attached to long black stalks. Color is mid-green and slightly glaucus underneath. Great groundcover for shaded area with […]