Showing posts with label bromeliads. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bromeliads. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
I was given this Bromeliad as a gift from my neighbor about a year ago. We never knew the name of it and I never really did any research to find out. That all changed when I was out back cooking dinner on the grill. I looked over and was struck by this awesome bloom sticking out of the middle of it. I have never seen this particular bloom before. I grabbed my camera and snapped a few pictures. Then I went and did some research and found that the name of this Bromelaid is the Urn Plant (Aechmea fasciata). The Urn Plant also goes by the names Silver Vase Bromeliad or Aechmea.
The Silver Vase Bromeliad doesn't need much attention at all. There is no need to water the soil as long as you keep water in the Urn. It is recommended that you replace the water in the Urn once a week. That is really the only thing you need to do for this plant.
The Aechmea will not produce seeds. It will grow pups that you can remove after they have reached a third or half the size of the mother plant. Simply plant these pups on there own and they will grow.
Here are some pictures of my Urn Plant in bloom.
The Silver Vase Bromeliad doesn't need much attention at all. There is no need to water the soil as long as you keep water in the Urn. It is recommended that you replace the water in the Urn once a week. That is really the only thing you need to do for this plant.
The Aechmea will not produce seeds. It will grow pups that you can remove after they have reached a third or half the size of the mother plant. Simply plant these pups on there own and they will grow.
Here are some pictures of my Urn Plant in bloom.
I hope you enjoyed this post. If you want to see my other Bromeliad posts please CLICK HERE. See you again next time!!
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Huge Painted Fingernail Bromeliad ( Neoregelia spectabilis ) Score!!!
1 comments Posted by Lets Plant at 3:59 PMToday I was helping my buddy Brandan from Another Yard In Fort Pierce pick up some couches from and old house off the river. When I say old house I mean old, they just had a party last weekend for the houses 100th birthday!! The house is still magnificent today, I wish I had my camera with me.
The very nice lady that owned the house had the largest collection of Painted Fingernail Bromeliads ( Neoregelia spectabilis ) I have ever seen wrapped around one of her many Extra Large Oaks. We started talking and I explained to her that I have just recently started gardening. I was telling her about the very tiny Painted Fingernail that I have and she insisted that I take one home with me. Score!!!
The one that I picked out was actually a double. When we were all done moving the couches we went back to my house where we took the extra large Painted Fingernail around back to the work bench. I cut off the second Painted Fingernail and gave it to Brandan.
I planted my extra large Painted Fingernail Bromeliad in my front yard at the base of my Oak Tree. It looks great there!! Here are some pictures of my new Painted Fingernail Bromelaid ( Neoregelia spectabilis ).
The very nice lady that owned the house had the largest collection of Painted Fingernail Bromeliads ( Neoregelia spectabilis ) I have ever seen wrapped around one of her many Extra Large Oaks. We started talking and I explained to her that I have just recently started gardening. I was telling her about the very tiny Painted Fingernail that I have and she insisted that I take one home with me. Score!!!
The one that I picked out was actually a double. When we were all done moving the couches we went back to my house where we took the extra large Painted Fingernail around back to the work bench. I cut off the second Painted Fingernail and gave it to Brandan.
I planted my extra large Painted Fingernail Bromeliad in my front yard at the base of my Oak Tree. It looks great there!! Here are some pictures of my new Painted Fingernail Bromelaid ( Neoregelia spectabilis ).
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