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Vriesa
'Mariae'
Vriesea, Flaming Sword
| Family |
| Bromeliaceae |
| Genus |
| Vriesa |
| Cultivar |
| 'Mariae' |
| Category |
| Perennials, Tropicals |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 10a |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| Requires cold season protection under glass. |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H3 |
| Height |
| 30 - 100 cm |
| Spread |
| 15 - 100 cm |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| Landscape |
| A houseplant suited to bright, or indirect light indoors. Planted as a tropical landscape plant. |
| Cultivation |
| Grows best with some shade to full sun in a variety of soils as long as it is well-drained. |
| Shape |
| Vertical. |
| Growth |
| Medium |
| Pests |
| Leaf spots, bacterial soft rot, scales, and mealybugs. |
| Leaf Description |
| Lance-shaped or linear, long 20- 60 cm, pale green often with cross bands, smooth margins; may have colourful bracts at leaf bases; often arching, forming a funnel-shaped rosette. |
| Flower Description |
| Short-stalked yellow and red colour flowers in flattened spike-like racemes or panicles in 2 rows, petals often tubular and short-lived, bracts often coloured and lasting months. |
| Texture Description |
| Rosette dies after bloom, but offsets replace it; may not bloom indoors with insufficient light or environment. |
| Notable Specimens |
| Harry P. Leu Gardens, Orlando, Florida, United States of America. |
| Propagation |
| By offsets. |
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