Perennials, Tropicals > Vriesea > Vriesea ospinae > Vriesea ospinae var. gruberi
Vriesea ospinae
var. gruberi
Vriesea Bromeliad
Origin: Native to Colombia.
| Family |
| Bromeliaceae |
| Genus |
| Vriesea |
| Species |
| ospinae |
| Category |
| Perennials, Tropicals |
| Variety |
| gruberi |
| 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
| General Description |
| Multicoloured green and yellow leaves. |
| Landscape |
| A houseplant suited to bright or indirect light indoors, or as a tropical landscape plant. |
| Cultivation |
| Grows in full sun to shade in clay, sand, loam, alkaline, acidic and well-drained soils. |
| Shape |
| Vertical. |
| Growth |
| Medium |
| Pests |
| Leaf spots, bacterial soft rot, scale, and mealybugs. |
| Leaf Description |
| Lance-shaped or linear, long 20- 60 cm, multicoloured green and yellow leaves, smooth margins; may have colourful bracts at leaf bases; often arching, forming a funnel-shaped rosette. |
| Flower Description |
| Short-stalked yellow 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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