Vriesia heliconioides
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Vriesia heliconioides, Lindl. (V. bellula, Hort. Tillandsia heliconioides, HBK.). Dwarf and tufted, with many rosulate recurving or arching lanceolate lvs. (about 12 in. long) which are bright green above and purple-tinged beneath: scape overtopping the foliage, simple and erect, with wide-spreading distichous boat-shaped bracts that are light red at the base and greenish at the tip, showy: fls. white. Colombia. I.H. 30:490. G.C. II. 21:140.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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