About Vriesea hieroglyphica (Carrière) É.Morren
Vriesea hieroglyphica (Carrière) É.Morren produces green leaves marked with irregular dark cross banding and with recurved tips. The plant forms 30 to 40 shiny bright green leaves, reaching 3 feet (0.91 m) in length and 3 inches in width. It typically blooms in spring, and can bloom repeatedly when grown in cultivation. Its flowers, which can be yellow, cream, or white, grow along a tall branched spike. This tall light green flower spike bears a branched inflorescence with 1-inch-long pale green bracts and flowers with dull yellow petals. The variety Vriesea hieroglyphica var. Marginata has broad cream to ivory colored bands across its leaves. This bromeliad species is endemic to southeastern Brazil. It grows at low altitudes in humid conditions, in the shade of trees within the Atlantic Forest biome (Mata Atlantica Brasileira). Its distinctive leaf patterns make Vriesea hieroglyphica a popular ornamental plant, cultivated for gardening and commercial floristry uses. It is grown as an interior landscape house plant, a potted outdoor plant, and planted directly in gardens in suitable climates. Outdoors, it can be grown in conditions ranging from light shade to full shade, and is hardy for USDA Zone 10, with a minimum temperature of 30 °F, and warmer zones above. Indoors, it is most often grown with a northern exposure and consistently maintained humidity.
