Vriesea heliconioides (Kunth) Hook. ex Walp.

Literature references:

Antoine 1884: 8 Baensch & Baensch 1994: 218 Brom. J. Queensl.: 40(5):41 Bromtravels (Web) BSA (Web) Espejo et al. 2005: 291 FCBS (Web) Gouda 1987: 112 Holst 1997: 674 Ibisch & Vasquez 2000 J. Bromeliad Soc.: 11:17d 32:65 Lemaire 1855b: 30:490 Mee 1996: 83 Morales 2003b: 351 NY Bot. Garden

Oliva-Esteve & Steyermark 1987: 282 Oliva-Esteve 2000a: 270,451 Oliva-Esteve 2002: 165 Padilla 1966: 14 Smith & Downs 1977: 1110,1111 Tropicos U.S. Nat. Herb. Zaghini 2000: 46

Comments:

• Culture and use: Easily grown in peat (pot-medium), in greenhouse at a shady and humid location, demands watering between the sheaths; very pretty colored and long lasting inflorescence, promising for commercial cultivation and hybridization. —See Gouda 1987