| Scientific Name: | Vriesea spp. |
| Common Name: | bromeliad, flaming sword |
| Family Name: | Bromeliaceae |
| Origin: | Central America, South America |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 10: (-1 to 4 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Flowering pot plant, Indoor foliage plant |
| Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Epiphytic, Upright |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Indoor plant |
| Exposure: | |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Basal, Leathery, Glabrous, Linear, Entire |
| Flowers: | Spike, Red, Aug-Sep-Oct |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Plant mainly epiphytic in nature; leaves usually form a basal rosette, linear, glabrous, margin entire, light green to purplish red, may have variegation or banding; spikes are often tall, broad (flattened), petals separate with 2 scales appendages on each, in shades of brilliant red, yellow, and orange; capsule seeds with feathery appendages, white or rarely brown to rusty. | |