Guzmania

Guzmania hybrids ' Rana ' Corn growers. Bak, Parents: G. wittmackii 'Red ' × G. cardinalis var lingulata Habit and inflorescence.

The plant genus Guzmania belongs to the family Bromeliaceae ( Bromeliaceae ), which includes the pineapple belongs. There are about 200 species of this genus. The genus was named in 1802 by its Erstbeschreibern, Hipólito Ruiz and José Antonio Pavón Lopez y Jiménez, after the Spanish chemist and plant collector Anastasio Guzman († 1807).

Origin

The range of the Guzmania species ranges from Florida over the Greater Antilles, Mexico and Central America to western Brazil. Most Guzmanien are located in northwestern South America in the tropical rain forest zone of the Andes from Colombia to Ecuador. A center of diversity is in Costa Rica and Panama. Some species and their varieties are ornamentals, they are well suited as houseplants.

Description

These herbaceous perennial plants are mostly epiphytes. All species are funnel bromeliads; their stem axis is compressed and the leaves are bunched together in rosettes. The leaves overlap in such a way that a funnel to collect water is produced. The parallel venation leaves are usually sword-shaped.

The often brightly colored inflorescences are long lasting and usually unbranched in many species. The hermaphrodite flowers are triple.

Are formed capsule fruits. The seeds have a " parachute " similar to the dandelion.

Propagation and maintenance as an ornamental plant

The Horticultural Propagation is usually by seed. Also meristem is used in some varieties for proliferation.

The flowering time can be long depending on the type about half a year, after which the mother plant dies gradually. When caring for the mother as an ornamental plant forms after flowering vegetative offshoot called Kindel. These should be kept to a minimum for some time connected to the mother plant. Young plants need a partially shady place, with high humidity. Full-grown plants that have already started to bloom, flourish wherever it is bright enough. Before flowering should always be sufficient water in the hopper.

Species and varieties

There are over 200 species of Guzmania, here all valid species according to Luther, 2008:

• Guzmania acorifolia ( Grisebach ) Mez
• Guzmania acuminata L.B.Smith
• Guzmania acutispica E.Gross
• Guzmania aequatorialis L.B.Smith
• Guzmania albescens H.Luther & Detergents man
• Guzmania alborosea H.Luther
• Guzmania alcantareoides H.Luther
• Guzmania alliodora E.Gross
• Guzmania altsonii L.B.Smith
• Guzmania x amoena H.Luther
• Guzmania amplectens L.B.Smith
• Guzmania andreana ( E.Morren ) Mez
• Guzmania andreettae roughness
• Guzmania angustifolia ( Baker) Witt Mack: Guzmania angustifolia var angustifolia
• Guzmania angustifolia var nivea L.B.Smith

• Guzmania calamifolia var calamifolia
• Guzmania calamifolia var rosacea J.R.Grant

• Guzmania fawcettii Mez
• Guzmania filiorum L.B.Smith
• Guzmania Flagellata S.Pierce & J.R.Grant
• Guzmania foetida roughness
• Guzmania formosa H.Luther
• Guzmania fosteriana L.B.Smith
• Guzmania fuerstenbergiana ( Kirchoff & Witt Mack ) Witt Mack
• Guzmania fuquae H.Luther & Detergents man
• Guzmania garciaensis roughness
• Guzmania glaucophylla roughness
• Guzmania globosa L.B.Smith
• Guzmania glomerata Mez & Wercklé
• Guzmania gloriosa ( André ) André ex Mez
• Guzmania goudotiana Mez
• Guzmania gracilior ( André ) Mez
• Guzmania gracilis H.Luther
• Guzmania graminifolia ( André ex Baker ) L.B.Smith
• Guzmania harlingii H.Luther
• Guzmania hedychioides L.B.Smith
• Guzmania henniae H.Luther
• Guzmania herrerae H.Luther & W.J.Kress
• Guzmania hirtzii H.Luther
• Guzmania hitchcockiana L.B.Smith
• Guzmania hollinensis H.Luther
• Guzmania inexpectata H.Luther
• Guzmania izkoi Manzanares & W.Till
• Guzmania jaramilloi H.Luther
• Guzmania kalbreyeri ( Baker) L.B.Smith
• Guzmania kareniae H.Luther & K.Norton
• Guzmania kentii H.Luther
• Guzmania killipiana L.B.Smith
• Guzmania kraenzliniana Witt Mack
• Guzmania kressii H.Luther & K. Norton
• Guzmania laeta H.Luther
• Guzmania lehmanniana ( Witt Mack ) Mez
• Guzmania lemeana Manzanares
• Guzmania leonard kentiana H.Luther & K. Norton
• Guzmania lepidota ( André ) André ex Mez
• Guzmania lindenii ( André ) André ex Mez: Guzmania lindenii var concolor roughness
• Guzmania lindenii var lindenii

• Guzmania cardinalis var lingulata ( André ) André ex Mez
• Guzmania lingulata var concolor Proctor & Cedeño - Maldonado
• Guzmania lingulata var flammea ( LBSmith ) LBSmith
• Guzmania lingulata var lingulata
• Guzmania lingulata var minor ( Mez ) LBSmith & Pittendrigh

• Guzmania monostachia var alba Ariza - Julia
• Guzmania monostachia var monostachia
• Guzmania monostachia var variegata hortus ex Nash

• Guzmania musaica var concolor L.B.Smith
• Guzmania musaica var discolor H.Luther
• Guzmania musaica var musaica
• Guzmania musaica var rosea H.Luther
• Guzmania musaica var zebrina Cutak

• Guzmania oligantha Lozano
• Guzmania osyana ( E.Morren ) Mez
• Guzmania pallida L.B.Smith
• Guzmania palustris ( Witt Mack ) Mez
• Guzmania paniculata Mez
• Guzmania pattersonae Manzanares
• Guzmania patula Mez & Wercklé
• Guzmania pearcei ( Baker) L.B.Smith
• Guzmania pennellii L.B.Smith
• Guzmania plicatifolia L.B.Smith
• Guzmania plumieri ( Grisebach ) Mez
• Guzmania polycephala Mez & Wercklé ex Mez
• Guzmania poortmanii ( André ) André ex Mez
• Guzmania pseudodissitiflora H.Luther & K. Norton
• Guzmania pseudospectabilis H.Luther
• Guzmania pungens L.B.Smith
• Guzmania puyoensis roughness
• Guzmania radiata L.B.Smith
• Guzmania rauhiana H.Luther
• Guzmania regalis H.Luther
• Guzmania remediosensis E.Gross
• Guzmania remyi L.B.Smith
• Guzmania retusa L.B.Smith
• Guzmania rhonhofiana Harms: Guzmania rhonhofiana f rhonhofiana
• Guzmania rhonhofiana f variegata H.Luther

• Guzmania sanguinea var brevipedicellata ] ] Gilmartin
• Guzmania sanguinea var comosa ] ] H.Luther
• Guzmania sanguinea sanguinea var

• Guzmania Testudinis var splendida H.Luther
• Guzmania Testudinis var Testudinis

• Guzmania zahnii var longiscapa roughness
• Guzmania zahnii var zahnii

Pictures

Guzmania hybrids ' Rana ' Corn growers. Bak, Parents: G. wittmackii 'Red ' × G. cardinalis var lingulata Inflorescence with orange bracts and flower buds.

Guzmania lingulata var minor hybrids, (trade name is Guzmania minor), popular small variety as long flowering house plant.

Guzmania osyana, habit and inflorescences.

Inflorescences and habit of Guzmania conifera

Inflorescence of Guzmania conifera

Swell

• Harry E. Luther: An Alphabetical List of Bromeliad Binomials, 2008 The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, Sarasota, Florida, USA. Published by The Bromeliad Society International. (PDF file, 314 kB)