| Silver Vase Bromeliad |
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| File size | 676802 |
| Original date | 7/9/05 11:02 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 5.5mm |
| Exposure time | 1/154s |
| Aperture | 2.8 |
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| Metering Mode | Partial |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | E3700 |
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Botanical name: Aechmea fasciata Family: Bromeliaceae (Pineapple family)
Silver vase is an epiphytic Bromeliad from Brazil. Aechmeas are among the
most beautiful of all Bromeliads for indoor decoration. Large, colorful blooms
rise high above the vase-shaped rosette of leaves.
These plants are definite eye catchers. The original plant is light to medium
green with silvery bands - a variegated form with white to cream stripes
running down the leaf is also available. The pink, spikey inflorescence lasts
for months; individual blooms are purple and last only a day.
After flowering, Bromeliads produce side shoots (offsets), which may be
removed while young and rooted for additional plants.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed in cultivation in Manipur. |
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