Guzmania musaica
Introduction '''''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).
Description Inflorescence of ''Guzmania musaica'' ''Guzmania musaica'' is a stemless, evergreen, epiphytic perennial plant that can reach a height of . 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'
References
External links * FCBS Bromeliad Photo Index Database* Hortipedia* HowStuffWorks