Photo of Richard H. Clark
Vriesea Ospinae H. Luther
Order: Poale
Family: Bromeliaceae
Subfamily: Tillandsioideae
Gender : Vriesea
Species: V. ospinae
Luther H. The abbreviation is used to indicate Harry E. Luther as an authority on scientific description and classification vegetables. Luther (1952 -) is an American botanist who made extensive botanical expeditions to the U.S. (Florida), Mexico, Panama, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil. Luther is internationally recognized as an expert in horticulture and botany of the bromeliads, and is one of the leading experts in the systematics of the family of the bromeliads. described over 100 species of bromeliads new to science, and has authored over 200 scientific publications and popular.
Ospinae Vriesea is an endemic species of bromeliad the eastern slope of the Colombian Eastern Cordillera , on the border between the departments of Boyacá , Casanare Cundinamarca and between 400 and 1,300 m altitude.
In its original habitat is grass land or rupícola , short caulescent (said of the plant stem is apparent), which can grow alone or in small groups, and reaches about 50 cm tall when flowering. inhabits environments wet and rainy of montane tropical flats, usually in cliffs, bluffs and roadsides. (1)
Its name honors the discoverer; Dona Berta Hernández Ospina , former first lady of the Republic, and one of the largest growers of bromeliads Colombians of all time . (2)
In Colombia Vriesea ospinae is one of the species categorized as vulnerable , as extracted from the forests to sell in domestic markets (and international) This has reduced the amount in their original habitat. It is considered so because of its distribution restricted to very small areas. (1)
The leaves are spirally arranged, forming a rosette (rosulate). The plant extends well with numerous shoots and large leaves attached to a fibrous stem, rarely a shrub. Vriesea Ospinae grows 40 cm in diameter and 50 to 80 cm high, can be planted in a soil with good drainage, a rock garden, or in a large pot. Beware of the direct sunlight, especially the south because they can burn. But the light in the morning and evening is ideal for growth. It is very easy to reproduce by dividing.
has a very showy inflorescence bracts of a beautiful lemon yellow. The flowers protrude from the bracts continuously for several weeks and are also yellow.
Guillermo Chaves H Photo . A set of Vriesia ospinae without flowers manage to create a hedge next to a stairway. This photo was taken in the garden of Hacienda La Laguna in Curridabat, Costa Rica.
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