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Vriesea duvaliana

Vriesea duvaliana
Photo: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0

Vriesea duvaliana is an epiphytic bromeliad from Bahia, eastern Brazil, grown as an ornamental for its striking leaf rosette. It needs bright, humid conditions and water held in the central cup, and it is an Award of Garden Merit plant from the Royal Horticultural Society.

Family
Bromeliaceae (Pineapple family)
Grows as
Epiphyte
Light
Bright indirect, Part shade
Water
Keep the central cup filled with fresh water and let the potting mix barely dry between waterings.
Soil
Loose, fast-draining epiphyte mix of bark, peat or sphagnum with perlite, or mounted on bark.
Temperature
18–29 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Easy
Native range
Brazil (Bahia)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Vriesea duvaliana is a plant species in the genus Vriesea. It is an epiphyte endemic to the State of Bahia in eastern Brazil, but cultivated in other regions as an ornamental. It (or its cultivar(s)) is a recipient of the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Other Vriesea plants

Lobster Claws · Bromeliad · Vriesea maxoniana · Vascular Plants

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Vriesea duvaliana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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