Scientific Name
Deuterocohnia scapigera (Rauh & L.Hrom.) M.A.Spencer & L.B.Sm.
Synonyms
Deuterocohnia scapigera subsp. scapigera, Abromeitiella scapigera (basionym)
Scientific Classification
Family: Bromeliaceae
Subfamily: Pitcairnioideae
Genus: Deuterocohnia
Description
Deuterocohnia scapigera is a perennial plant with rosettes of dark-green leaves with sharp tips and margins with small spines. The leaves are triangular and up to 10 inches (25 cm) long. It produces panicles of greenish-yellow, tubular flowers. This plant does not die after flowering and often reblooms on the same flower spike.
Hardiness
USDA hardiness zones 9a to 11b: from 20 °F (−6.7 °C) to 50 °F (+10 °C).
How to Grow and Care
Deuterocohnia is a perennial Bromeliad that forms an interesting mounding ground cover. It grows very slowly into a tight cushion-shaped colony. In its native environments, it is watered perhaps only twice a year, obtaining most of its moisture from the air itself. It can obtain extra moisture from ocean fogs that roll in.
This is a nice plant for a small-scale ground cover in rock or succulent gardens. Deuterocohnia makes an interesting specimen plant in containers.
Grow your Deuterocohnia in well-drained humus-rich soil with added pebbles, perlite, hardwood bark, or other material to facilitate drainage. Keep in bright light or part sun and water moderately in spring and summer, letting it dry between waterings. Limit water during winter. It is probably one of the cold hardiest of the Bromeliads, but detesting winter wet on its foliage proves difficult to keep outside.
Learn more at How to Grow and Care for Deuterocohnia.
Origin
Deuterocohnia scapigera is native to Bolivia.
Links
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