Guzmania squarrosa slow grower frosted dark red leaves are

frosted dark red leaves are mottled black in spaced horizontal cross-banding

Our plant is a descendant of a collection made in Restinga do Marica

Superficially resembling the exquisite and giant growing Neo

A fairly large

In our experience this species does best potted in a well draining mix

Guzmania squarrosa slow grower frosted dark red leaves areA 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