Urn Plant Vriesea
Other Common Name(s):
Other plants called Urn Plant:
- Phonetic Spelling
- VREE-zee-uh
- Description
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This genus of the bromeliad family has 100's of species that tend to be low maintenance epiphytes with showy leaves and knock-out blooms. They vary from small to very large with varying needs of light from shade to bright light. Most grow in a rosette form with a central vase for taking in water and nutrients.
They are widely used commercially in indoor spaces like offices and shopping malls for the colorful, long-lasting inflorescence and banded leaves. As an epiphyte, this plant requires nearly no water at its base, but its central vase must be kept full and the water replaced periodically.
They are generally easy to grow as a house plant and add a tropical feel to the home.
Quick ID
- Leaves are entire and banded
- Inflorescence is scapose, flattened and 2-ranked
- See this plant in the following landscape:
- Cultivars / Varieties:
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- ‘Fireworks’
Deep green leaves with deep red flower
- ‘Fireworks’
- ‘Fireworks’
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- Cultivars / Varieties:
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- ‘Fireworks’
Deep green leaves with deep red flower
- ‘Fireworks’
- ‘Fireworks’
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Vriesea
- Family:
- Bromeliaceae
- Life Cycle:
- Perennial
- Country Or Region Of Origin:
- Mexico to Tropical America
- Dimensions:
- Height: 2 ft. 6 in. - 3 ft. 0 in.
- Width: 1 ft. 6 in. - 2 ft. 0 in.
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Epiphyte
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Broadleaf Evergreen
- Habit/Form:
- Broad
- Erect
- Growth Rate:
- Slow
- Maintenance:
- Low
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Dappled Sunlight (Shade through upper canopy all day)
- Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
- Soil Drainage:
- Good Drainage
- Occasionally Dry
- Available Space To Plant:
- 12 inches-3 feet
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone:
- 10a, 10b, 11a, 11b, 12a, 12b
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- Gold/Yellow
- Orange
- Red/Burgundy
- Flower Inflorescence:
- Head
- Flower Value To Gardener:
- Showy
- Flower Description:
- Inflorescence is an erect, bracteate flower scape, terminal, up to 30 inches tall, with flowers in 2 rows between bracts. Flowers are red, yellow, or orange, small; bracts bright red, yellow, green, usually 2-ranked.
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Leaves:
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Broadleaf Evergreen
- Leaf Color:
- Green
- Variegated
- Leaf Value To Gardener:
- Showy
- Leaf Type:
- Simple
- Leaf Arrangement:
- Rosulate
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Description:
- Leaves are in basal rosette, forming funnel-like central 'vase', simple, strap-shaped, entire, usually banded surfaces.
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Stem:
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
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Landscape:
- Landscape Location:
- Container
- Houseplants
