My Pride and Joy

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  1. seeker of knowledge

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    My pride and joy is my succulent Aechema - funnel plant. This is an amzing plant, which has a strange life style i.e. it only needs it's funnels to be partially filled with water to survive, and it's flower will grow up through the water to emerge into a fantastic bloom, this lasts for about four to six months, then when the bloom dies so does the funnell, but to continue the line it pushes up some sucker funnels. I will try to get a photo to show you...
     
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    SoK.

    That's a beautiful pink and certainly a plant to be proud of.

    Ant.
     
  6. lollipop

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    Very interesting. Where do they originate from?
     
  7. walnut

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    Aechmea fasciata originally comes from Brazil Claire.
     
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    Thanks Walnut,

    I never ceases to amaze me the wonderful varieties that grow in hotter climates.
     
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    Amazing - I want, I want

    Would I need to order this from my garden centre or via mail order?
     
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