Guzmania sanguinea 'Tricolor' vipp 7-23 Serra das Paridas

Serra das Paridas

silvery-gray leaves and a stunning red-flowered inflorescence

A selected cultivar of Bob Spivey’s hybrid of marnier-lapostollei v

These plants are like ‘ordinary’ ionanthas except for the fact that they grow very large with many more leaves than typical plants

25 inch wide green leaves are marked with dark maroon colored bands

Guzmania sanguinea 'Tricolor' vipp 7-23 Serra das ParidasA beautiful candy striped, red, white and green plant that flushes brilliant red and yellow in the center at anthesis. A very vigorous clone that will produce several offsets after blooming, unlike the one or two offsets of most clones of the species. Grows well in bright shade, in a well draining media but likes to be moist. This species is found from Central America through much of South America, but it is not known where the variegated clone