The Vriesea family is a very popular and easily cultivated bromeliad. The
genera can be divided into two groups. One is grown for there impressive
foliage and the other for their colorful bracts and flowers.They range in
sizes from a very tiny 10 cm to more than 2 metre in diameter and height. The
bright flowering group are very colorful and have long lasting flowering
displays. Vriesea Tiffany was developed by Deroose plants. Tiffany very
similar to Vriesea Carly and Vriesea Draco. This plant originally came out of
the hybrid Vriesea Lucille x Vriesea Coral. Both Vriesea Christianne and
Vriesea Tiffany were selected from this cross. It has a beautiful red and
yellow featherlike bloom and can last up to 3 months. It too has yellow
flowers shooting out of the floral bracts in advanced stages of bloom and is
our second most popular Vriesea Tiffany tolerates low light and once a week
watering. The use of bottled drinking water, rain water, or filtered sink
water is best.
Identification credit: Tabish
Photographed in the Garden of Five
Senses, Delhi.
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