. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. somewhat glaucous, not s spreading nearly divaricate scarlet at the base and yello protruding, pale yellow. Br; ed: spike with wide- linate bracts which are L green at the end: fls. 6014. 2706. Vriesia splendens. psittaclna, Lindl. (Tillandsia psittaclna. Hook.).
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. somewhat glaucous, not s spreading nearly divaricate scarlet at the base and yello protruding, pale yellow. Br; ed: spike with wide- linate bracts which are L green at the end: fls. 6014. 2706. Vriesia splendens. psittaclna, Lindl. (Tillandsia psittaclna. Hook.). About 1 ft. high when in bloom: lvs. rosulate, 6-10 in. long, dilated at the base, yellowish green: fls. large, yellow with green tips, scattered on a distichous spike, the bracts red at the base and yellow at the top. Brazil. 29:10, where the genus is founded. 2841. 1855:221.—A showy species when in bloom. shorter than the petals. B. Lrs. not barred, mottled or tessellated. heliconioides, Lindl. ( K. beilula, Hort. Tillandsia io\des, HBK.). Dwarf and tufted, with many e recurving or arching lanceolate lvs. (about 12 g), which are bright green above and purple tinged beneath. Scape overtopping the foliage, simple and erect, with wide-spread- ing distichous boat-shaped bracts that are light red at the base and greenish at the tip, showy : fls. white. Colombia. I. H. 30:490. 11. 21:140. BB. Lvs. tessellated {marked in small checker-work) or minutely variegated. tesseliata, Morr. {Tillandsia tesselldia, Lind.). Lvs. short and rather broad, rosu- late, dilated at base, short-pointed, rather stiff, channeled, tessellated with green and yellow: inflorescence paniculate, the green- ish bracts remote: fls. yellow. Bra- zil. 21:179. 1889, p. 573. fenestl&lis, Lind. & Andr^ (Til- landsia fenestrdlis, Hook. f.). Robust, densely tufted, the lvs. stout (1-2 ft. long) and recurved, brown-tipped, with many dark green veins and cross veins: inflorescence
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