Scientific Name:	Aechmea fasciata
Pronunciation:	EEK-mee-uh fash-ee-AY-tuh
Common Name:	silver urn plant, silver vase
Family Name:	Bromeliaceae
Plant Type:	Flowering pot plant, Indoor foliage plant
Key ID Features:	Vase-shaped; leaves in a basal rosette, appearing spiraled on older plants but with no discernible stem, grey-green with silverish-grey bands; flowers in a rosette of pink bracts.
Course(s):	HORT 1193/1293

Habit: Arching, Upright Form: Vase Texture: Coarse Mature Size: Height: 0.4 - 0.7m Spread: 0.3 - 0.6m Growth Rate: Slow Origin: Central America, South America (Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)) Hardiness Rating: Zone 10: (-1 to 4 C) Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade Soil/ Growing Medium: Well-drained Water Use: Low Landscape Uses: Indoor plant Additional Info: Google

Leaf Morphology: Form: Simple Arrangement: Basal, Spiraled Texture/ Venation: Leathery, Parallel venation, Prickly Surfaces: Pubescent Colour in Summer: Green, Silver / Grayish, White hairs Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Lanceolate Apices: Acuminate Bases: Sheathing Margins: Pectinate Additional Info: Epiphyte.

Inflorescence Type: Spike Flower Morphology: Corolla Shape: Tubular Colour (petals): Showy, Blue, Pink, (Short-lived blue petals; long-lived pink bracts.) Flower Time at Peak: Jun, Jul, Aug

Fruit Type: Berry (true) Fruit Colour: White Fruiting Time: Sep, Oct

Bark or Stem Colour:     Organ Modifications: Leaf-like bracts, Rhizomes, Spines, Succulent leaves

Propagation:	Seed, Division - above ground parts
Plant Care:
Optimal Temp.:	Medium indoor temperature
Light Level:	Medium indoor light level
Maintenance:	Low
Other:	Flower initiation caused by maturity and ethylene.
Pest Susceptibility:	Crown rot, Mealybugs, Root rot, Scale insects

Location(s): (GNH) GreeNHouse Location Map

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