Vriesia hieroglyphica

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Read about Vriesia hieroglyphica in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Vriesia hieroglyphica, Morr. (Tillandsia hieroglyphica, Bull.). Fig. 3970. Lvs. many, rosulate, stout, recurved, short-acute, very strongly and irregularly marked and banded with dark green above and brown-purple beneath: infl. paniculate, the bracts broadly elliptic-ovate, the fls. yellowish. Brazil. I.H. 31:514; 42, p. 318. R.H. 1891:400. Gn. 37, p. 244 (adapted in Fig. 3970).—A very striking and showy plant. Sometimes known as a Massangea. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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