Vriesea 'Hazel Quilhot' FOLIAGE A medium size Neoregelia

A medium size Neoregelia

A hybrid of (fasciculata x ionantha) made by the late Luis Ariza

spiny leaves is glossy green until near anthesis when it flattens out and blushes bright red

but are all nice

The definitive strap-leaf Anthurium

Vriesea 'Hazel Quilhot' FOLIAGE A medium size NeoregeliaThis is a blast from the past, a nice Vriesea hybrid made by Herb Hill to honor Hazel Quilhot, a local bromeliad celebrity back in the 70s and 80s. The reported cross is a cultivar of ('Vigeri' x 'Cardinalis') x ensiformis 'Correia Araujoi'. A medium sized rosette of discolor leaves, green above, reddish purple below to about 30 inches across. A large inflorescence is blood red with yellow flowers, nicely branched in candelabra fashion. Long lasting