Guzmania tricolor
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Guzmania tricolor, Ruiz & Pav. (G. fragrans, Hort., at least in part. G. grdndis, Hort., in part. G. maculAta, Hort., in part. G. monostachya, Rusby). Lvs. several to many, broad and more or less recurved, entire on the edges, usually shorter than the stout, erect spike: lower bracts green streaked with black, upper ones red-tinged: corolla white. W. Indies, Cent. Amer., S. Amer. L.B.C. 5:462. F.S. 9:918. B.M. 5220. Var. variegata, Hort. Lvs. striped with white. S. Fla. — Interesting because of its combination of green, red and white. Some, at least, of the horticultural plants which pass as G. fragrans belong to AEchmea eburnea, Baker (Canistrum lindenii, Mez. Nidularium lindenii, Regel). This species is further mentioned under Nidularium.
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