Guzmania lingulata

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Plant Characteristics
Habit   bromeliad

Bloom: early summer, mid summer, late summer
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Exposure: shade
Features: flowers, ground cover
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Flower features: red, pink, white
Scientific Names

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Read about Guzmania lingulata in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Guzmania lingulata, Mez (Caraguata lingulata, Lindl. C. splendens, Bouche. C. lingulata splendens, Hort.). Epiphyte: lvs. many, lanceolate or ensiform. 1 ½ ft. long, remotely toothed: spike becoming drooping, showily red-bracted; expanded fl. about as long as the long-pointed bracts, the tube yellowish and the limb blue-purple. W. Indies, Cent. Amer., and S. Amer. B.R. 1068. F.S. 11:1091.— Handsome. Var. cardinalis, Andre1 (Caraguata cardinalis, Andre1). Bright scarlet: very showy. Colombia. I.H. 27:374. R.H. 1883:12.


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