Vriesea splendens

Taxobox
name = Vriesea splendens

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Vriesea splendens"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Poales
familia = Bromeliaceae
subfamilia = Tillandsioideae
genus = Vriesea
species = "V. splendens"
binomial = "Vriesea splendens"
binomial_authority =

"Vriesea splendens" or Flaming Sword is a species of flowering plant in the bromeliad family, subfamily Tillandsioideae. Native to Eastern Venezula and French Guiana these plants were introduced to Europe in 1840 following New World exploration. This species of Vriesea features smooth-margined foliage with brown bands growing in a rosette, usually producing a bright red inflorescence in a flattened spike.

Links

* [http://fcbs.org/pictures/Vriesea.htm FCBS Vriesea link]