Guzmania sanguinea 'Tricolor' vipp 7-23 25 inch wide green leaves

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

Grows to about three feet tall and wide in a dense upright rosette

The flowers are lavender-blue tipped and white-green below and exert far above the water line in the cup of the plant

Not much is known about this exciting new species except from cultivation

An easy plant to cultivate in open shade or bright interior locations

Guzmania sanguinea 'Tricolor' vipp 7-23 25 inch wide green leavesA 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