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Vriesea wawrana is an epiphytic bromeliad from the Atlantic forest of Brazil, grown for its rosette of leaves and colourful flower spike. Give it bright, filtered light, water the central cup, and keep it mounted or in an airy, well-draining epiphyte mix.
Vriesea wawrana is a plant species in the genus Vriesea. This species is endemic to Brazil.
The species was first described by Franz Antoine in 1884. It was named for Heinrich Ritter Wawra. Antoine spelt the epithet wawranea. Feminine adjectives formed from personal names must end in -ana and must be corrected if they do not according to Article 60.8 of the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants; Plants of the World Online uses the spelling wawrana.
Mezobromelia pleiosticha · Tillandsia myriantha · Vriesea agostiniana · Vriesea altimontana · Vriesea altodaserrae · Vriesea altomacaensis · Vriesea amethystina · Vriesea andreettae · Vriesea appendiculata · Vriesea arachnoidea · Vriesea arpocalyx · Vriesea atra
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Vriesea wawrana 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.
