Guzmania musaica explained

Guzmania musaica is a plant species in the genus Guzmania. This species is native to Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador (Esmeraldas, Imbabura), Venezuela and Colombia (Antioquia, Choco, Narino, Norte de Santander, Valle del Cauca).^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Description

Guzmania musaica is a stemless, evergreen, epiphytic perennial plant that can reach a height of 20-. Leaves are about two feet long, simple, with entire margins, spineless, light green with reddish and dark green transverse striations. In the central rosette of leaves grows a long stem topped by a beautiful inflorescence of pink-red bracts with many waxy tubular yellow flowers arranged in spikes. The plant blooms from June to August. The fruits are septicidal capsules. After it has produced its fruits, the plant dies.

Habitat

It grows as an epiphyte in rain forests.

Cultivars

• Guzmania 'Golden King'^[5]

External links

• FCBS Bromeliad Photo Index Database
• Hortipedia
• HowStuffWorks

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=247600 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Luther . Harry E. . An Annotated Checklist of the Bromeliaceae of Costa Rica . Selbyana . 1995 . 16 . 2 . 230–234 . 41759911 . 0361-185X.
3. Holst . Bruce K. . Checklist of Venezuelan Bromeliaceae with Notes on Species Distribution by State and Levels of Endemism . Selbyana . 1 February 1994 . 15 . 1 . en . 2689-0682 . 41759858 .
4. Book: Luther . H.E. . Jørgensen . P.M. . León-Yánez . S. . Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador = Catálogo de las plantas vasculares del Ecuador . 1999 . Missouri Botanical Garden Press . St. Louis, Mo. . 978-0915279609 . 337–361 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060926234532/http://www.selby.org/clientuploads/research/Bromeliaceae/EcuadorBromeliaceae.pdf . 26 September 2006 . Bromeliaceae .
5. http://www.bsi.org/brom_info/cultivar/bcr.html BSI Cultivar Registry