Aechmea calyculata

Aechmea calyculata (scientific name: Aechmea calyculata) is an evergreen, perennial, epiphytic plant native to southern Brazil and northeastern Argentina in the genus Aechmea of the family Bromeliaceae. It produces flower stalks from the center of long, thick, rosette-shaped rhizomatous leaves that grow from the root tips, from which head-like inflorescences extend, bearing red, globular, pine-sasa-like flower bracts (a deformed leaf). The leaves are light yellow-green with a blackish stain at the tip.

Common name: Aechmea calyculata, scientific name: Aechmea calyculata, life form: evergreen perennial, herb height: 30 cm, rhizomatous leaves: rosette-shaped, water-storing at the base, leaf blade length: 30 cm, leaf width: 3 to 4 cm, leaf margin: Fine serrations; corolla diameter: 3-5 cm; viewing season: January-December (ornamental); inflorescence shape: cephalic; inflorescence diameter: 3-5 cm; floral bracts: lanceolate with serrated edges; flower-like bract color: red; actual flower color:; number of petals: 3; number of sepals: 3; petals:; number of stamens:; stem length: 10-20 cm; flowering season: May-July; reproduction Method: seedlin.