Guzmania squarrosa Size:Offset White flowers emerge between all

White flowers emerge between all the lower bracts creating a vivid display

though such parentage can only be an educated guess but both suggested parents do live together in the area

The dull green copper brown leaves are full and very wide with fine lineated scurf on the undersides

The plant is larger than bulbosa

Guzmania squarrosa Size:Offset White flowers emerge between allA spectacular, large growing species of the lower and middle slopes of the Andes, occurring from Venezuela to Bolivia. In Venezuela it also occurs in the Lost World or Guyana Shield region. An epiphyte or occasional terrestrial in moist forest it has broad leathery leaves and a tall, stacked inflorescence of red to yellow bracts. This species has many forms and has been much sought as a hybrid parent, its blood line occurring in many of todays most