| Description | Aechmea zebrina Surprise is heavily banded with gray striations. Blossoms are orange and yellow. |
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| Pronunciation | (eek-MEE-uh) |
| Plant Type | Bromeliad, Perennial Tender |
| Hardiness Zone | 10-11, tropical |
| Sunlight | partial shade to shade |
| Moisture | evenly moist to approach dryness, keep the vase full of water |
| Growing Media | epiphytic mix |
| Temperature | average house, warm, not less than around 58 degrees |
| Flowers | inflorescence of orange and yellow |
| Leaves | vase forming burgundy leaves with gray striations |
| Roots | sparse root system |
| Maintenance | After the main vase flowers, it will eventually die and be replaced by the new suckers from the size. This process may take months. The water in the vase should be emptied from time to time. The water will get very stale after a period of time. |
| Propagation | division |
| Cultivar Origin | Bullis Bromeliads, Florida (USA) |
| Author's Notes | In order to get it to bloom again may be a tricky thing. First it must be in a good growing environment and should a mature plant. If it still fails to bloom try putting it in a plastic bag for a week or so with a piece of ripe fruit. The ripe fruit gives off ethylene gas. This gas stimulates flower formation. When I ran the high school greenhouse the Bromeliads bloomed because of the good growing environment and enough ethylene gas in the air. |
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