Shape | Vertical.
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Landscape | A houseplant suited to bright or indirect light indoors, or as a tropical landscape plant.
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Propagation | By offsets.
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Cultivation | Grows in full sun to shade in clay, sand, loam, alkaline, acidic and well-drained soils.
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Pests | Leaf spots, bacterial soft rot, scale, and mealybugs.
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Habitat | The tropical zones of South America with the majority being native to Brazil. |
Leaf Description | Lance-shaped or linear, long 20- 60 cm, green leaves, smooth margins; may have colourful bracts at leaf bases; often arching, forming a funnel-shaped rosette.
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Flower Description | Short-stalked bright yellow colour flowers in flattened spike-like racemes or panicles in 2 rows, petals often tubular and short-lived, bracts often coloured and lasting months.
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Colour Description | Rosette dies after bloom, but offsets replace it; may not bloom indoors with insufficient light or environment.
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