Blue Tango Bromeliad
Location
Bromeliad Island, Pavilion, Walkways & Garden Areas
- Common name: Blue Tango Bromeliad, Blue Tango ‘Urn Plant’ Bromeliad
- Scientific name: Aechmea
- Family name: Bromeliaceae
- Origin: Florida
- Height: 18-24 inches
- Width: 24-36 inches
- Growth: Slow
- Zone: 11
- Light needs: Part Sun to Full Sun
- Salt tolerance: Poor
- Soil/pH/Texture: Tolerates a range of soil types, acidic to slightly alkaline (Ph 6.0-7.5)
- Moisture: Absorbs water through a cup in its center – should be flushed out and refilled about once a week
- Drought tolerance: High
- Pests/Diseases: Mosquitoes and scale may breed in the water cup. Root rot may occur with overwatering.
- Growing conditions: Grows best in partial shade in moist but well-drained soil. It is an epiphyte, so it can be grown without soil with a soil-less medium around its roots, or in the branches of trees. Can also be grown in a container. Its water cup should be flushed out regularly to avoid stagnation.
- Characteristics: Leaves are long, smooth, simple, green, and arranged as a rosette around a central point. Margins of the leaves are spiny. Flowers grow in showy clusters of hot pink, purple, and blue bracts, which emerge on a stem from the center of the plant.
- Propagation: By offsets
- Wildlife: Water cup may be a home for mosquitoes or a frog.
- Facts: This plant was hybridized by Bullis Bromeliads.
- Designer considerations: Its showy flowers provide a splash of color to trees, or for mass planting. Its simple and smooth leaves can be paired with more densely foliated plants.
