Species · genus Aechmea · Bromeliaceae

Matchstick Plant

Aechmea gamosepala Wittm.

Also known as: Matchstick Bromeliad

Growth habit

Unknown

Reference · A. gamosepala

Cultivars of A. gamosepala

The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.

No named cultivars catalogued under A. gamosepala yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.

Guide

The species-level account. Cultivar pages build on this and say where they differ.

Aechmea gamosepala is a bromeliad, a family of largely epiphytic plants that grow on tree branches and drain quickly, so it wants free-draining mix and good airflow and will rot if left sitting wet. Give bright indirect light and water when the top inch of mix has dried, allowing it to approach dryness between waterings. If it forms a central cup of leaves, keep a little fresh water there and refresh it periodically to prevent stagnation.

Care recipe

The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.

Care notes are early — not yet verified

Light: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Water: ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 7-14d)
Humidity: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Soil: ai:claude-fable-5
Care: ai:claude-fable-5

Light

Bright, indirect

Water

≈ every 14 days

Humidity

Medium

Temperature

12–28 °C

Soil mix

Loose, fast-draining bromeliad or orchid mix

Propagation

Divide the readily produced offsets

Fertilizing

Dilute liquid feed monthly during spring and summer

Growth rate

Slow

Flowering

Coral-pink bracts with blue flowers, a free bloomer indoors

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Not yet documented

This is where toxicity lives — every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.

Reference images

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Sources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 7-14d) · ai:claude-fable-5

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