'Aztec Gold' is really the story of trying to produce a desirable plant by swinging the odds in the grower's favour by manipulation of growing conditions. One day in 1981, a friend of mine found a plant in a group of my Aechmea recurvata plants with a good clear yellow stripe on one of its leaves. The variegated leaf appeared on a fully mature plant that had failed to flower that year.
'Aztec Gold' is a cultivar of A. recurvata v. A. recurvata. The light gold to chartreuse leaves have stripes of bright green. The margins are adorned with thorns. The red inflorescence is long lasting.
Aechmea recurvata 'Aztec Gold' Aechmea recurvata 'Aztec Gold' $30.00 ( 0 Reviews) This variegated sport of Aechmea recurvata is really beautiful with the green foliage and yellow banding. All the the pups start off yellow, but develop the green/yellow coloration as they mature. One per
Aechmea recurvata 'Aztec Gold' Aztec Gold Variegated Sun Bromeliad. One of the best Bromeliads for the garden, grows terrestrially and is tolerant of full sun. Stiff serrated leaves grow in tight rosettes. The golden variegated foliage turns brilliant orange red, the actual flowers are pink on short stems. The color lasts for months. Incredible.
A beautifully variegated cultivar of Aechmea blanchetiana, the result of an intraspecific crossing by Chester Skotak. It grows in the form of a typical Ae. blanchetiana, over three feet tall in a cluster of offsets, with three-inch-wide, stiff leaves, forming a funnelform rosette. The foliage is light green, does not tend to blush bronze or reddish, but has wide, bright cream-colored variegation.
Apr 24, 2019· A. recurvata 'Aztec Gold' a variegated cultivar was an absolutely stunning plant, especially when flowering as the leaves took on the same red hues which totally lit up the yellow leaf edges. I lost that, too.
Aechmea 'Alaya' variegated form of calyculata. Aechmea 'Albright Red' cv. of chantinii. Aechmea 'Aztec Gold' cv. of recurvata v. recurvata. Aechmea 'Azur Nigra' cv. of unknown parentage Aechmea 'Rocklow Gold' recurvata X caudata. Aechmea 'Rodan' cv. of unknown parentage Aechmea
· The following pictures are of hybrids I've bred using Aechmea recurvata as a parent. The first few were bred from Aechmea recurvata x Aechmea caudata, and it's very interesting to see just how different they look to each other even though the seed all came from the same seed capsule The names are the names I registered them, under.. Aechmea 'Little Surprise' This is a much
The variegated form of this well known species Aechmea which is native to the area of Rio de Janiero, Brazil (500-1500 metres).
Aechmea recurvata 'Aztec Gold' Aechmea recurvata 'Aztec Gold' $30.00 ( 0 Reviews) This variegated sport of Aechmea recurvata is really beautiful with the green foliage and yellow banding. All the the pups start off yellow, but develop the green/yellow coloration as they mature. One per
AECHMEA RECURVATA 'AZTEC GOLD' Believe It or Not By John Catlan, The variegated leaf appeared on a fully mature plant that had failed to flower that year. 'Aztec Gold' (variegated cultivar of recurvata) 20.00 bahiana 50.00 'Bert' 10.00 Bert' F2 Bromeliads in Australia Aechmea. Aechmea. BACK TO GENUS LIST.
AECHMEA ‘Aztec Gold’ Catlan, N. 1981: sport of recurvata v. recurvata in marginated form with yellow gold colors. Catlan said, "A phenomenon of this plant is that all pups appear as plain yellow, but as the leaves develop a green stripe appears which uniformly improves and the plant turns into a vigorous grower for a variegate".
Aechmea 'Alaya' variegated form of calyculata. Aechmea 'Albright Red' cv. of chantinii. Aechmea 'Aztec Gold' cv. of recurvata v. recurvata. Aechmea 'Azur Nigra' cv. of unknown parentage Aechmea 'Rocklow Gold' recurvata X caudata. Aechmea 'Rodan' cv. of unknown parentage Aechmea
Apr 24, 2019· A. recurvata 'Aztec Gold' a variegated cultivar was an absolutely stunning plant, especially when flowering as the leaves took on the same red hues which totally lit up the yellow leaf edges. I lost that, too.
The following pictures are of hybrids I've bred using Aechmea recurvata as a parent. The first few were bred from Aechmea recurvata x Aechmea caudata, and it's very interesting to see just how different they look to each other even though the seed all came from the same seed capsule The names are the names I registered them, under.. Aechmea 'Little Surprise' This is a much smaller plant