Aechmea paniculigera

      Aechmea paniculigera
      Scientific classification
      Kingdom: Plantae
      (unranked): Angiosperms
      (unranked): Monocots
      (unranked): Commelinids
      Order: Poales
      Family: Bromeliaceae
      Subfamily: Bromelioideae
      Genus: Aechmea
      Species: A. paniculigera
      Binomial name
      Aechmea paniculigera
      (Swartz) Grisebach

      Aechmea paniculigera is a species of the genus Aechmea. It grows in Central America and Jamaica.

      Description

      Colour photo of a plant with a dozen long pink and green streaked leaves some of them curled almost into pipes, and one central flower spike with many small white flowers.
      In flower, with a pool of water trapped at the base of the leaf

      The pools of water trapped at the base of its leaves are home to various creatures including young bromeliad crabs and Damselfly.[1]

      Flowers
      Open Flowers
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      Last modified on 20 March 2013, at 13:50