volka:meria 



VOLKAMfiEIA. C'oiimiIi ri,r,;lni,lroi,. 



VElflSIA (named for Dr. W. ,lr Vrir-se, ot Anistor- 



ihllin. 7.';c. /«,/;,),■, ■,(. Ol'lrll slirlk'.l r/7Vst,(, but llul s,, 



-pi'Uea liy Lili.Ucy. wlm f.iini.lr.l thf L;eiius. AcooriliiiL,' 

 to ,MfZ (IK.'. Jluliom-. PliLUter. ',l),S-t spt-L'ies arr to hr 

 rofrrroil lo tins i;viias. Tlicy aro very like tillaii.lsias, 

 Willi whirh they are iiiiitod liy IJeiitliaiii A; llocker ami 

 othrr-i. Tho rhiff tfohiiu-al dillrroiic.- is tlo' |irisrnce 

 in Vi-iesia of -2 lii;ailes or a single oK-ft or .ouarfiiiiate 

 lisule on the inside of the base of petals. ( 'iilttirally 

 Vriesias are like tillandsias. They run to forms with 

 iLiarbled ami bamled leaves. Tlu-y are tro]ii.';d Ani.ri- 

 cau stiff-leaved plants, with most'lv disli, boi 

 bearius lar^re and showy braets. Several siiO' 

 been introduenl iu recent years, and many 

 sarden hybri.ls h^ve boeu' produeed. Few- 

 kinds are offered in the Ameriean trade, and 

 only these kinds are deseribed here. For 

 other kinds, see tlie monographs of Baker 

 and .^lez; also the Kew List cd' int r.idnetions 

 for ItiTti-lSiXh For eulture, see THhi i,<Uin . 



VKIESIA 



1957 



CC. Bidrls nf hilUi 



nr, rrnn^lr. uoi i hi liri rii / 1' . 

 guttata, Idiid. A; Andre (ril hi mlsni ijulliihi, Baker). 

 L\s. rosulabs ir.Tt-ar.diing, shorl and rather broad, 

 iimeronali-, nli\-e-gr^'en with i ri'ce ii lar- sij.ils of b]-(.\vn- 



I'urple: iiraets farinose, r.is li,i,.d, the srape slender- 



lis. yellow-. Brazil. l.H. -l-Z-.HK). 



B. [liflor.-srei 



than tht petals 

 e(' t'roiirhr^l . 



Sailndersii, IMiu-r. i Tillaiulsui Sainnhrsii. V. Korh. 

 A^nchali,■iall Sa ii inlfrs I i . Audrel. About U-j ft. high 

 when in bloom : Ivs. many in a rosette, rather short, 

 strongly reeurving. grayish and sonie-rrhat -ivhite-dotted 

 ab(;.ve, spotted with red-brown l)eneath: fis. in a 

 branched open infloreseence, sulfur-vellow, cylindrical 

 in form. Brazil. l.H. 20:132, 



Br 



lad,, 

 alto,;' 



, s,,„i,le. 



st ran, it II initniratf 



spl^ndens, Lem. i r. sj,iri,;xn. Hook. Titl,i mlxia 

 syte'iidt'iis. Brongn. 2'. picta, Hort. T. zetii-'i ini , Hoi-t., 

 in parti. Fig. 27b6. Strong-growing jdaut. w-ith broad, 

 strong, arching-as, -ending Ivs. 1 ft. urmore long, which 

 are bright green and marked w-ith dark browit trans- 

 verse bauds: spike with densely imbricated Itright red- 

 acuminate bracts, the scape sp<itted : Ms. exserted. vel- 

 lowish white, t-iuiana. B.M. 4:i,s2. F..'^. 2:]07; l',. p. ii;2. 

 R.H. lS4-ii:41. — One of the best and most showy species. 

 A robust form is rar. major, Hort. — See Suppl'ementai-y 

 List belo-w for additional note on r. zeln'iiiu. 



carinata, Waw-ra ( ('. tirachystaclii/.^. Kegel. Tiltiiiat- 

 aia cariniMa , Baker). Pig. 2707. Lvs. rosnlate, al»<>ut 

 in. long, the 1 ,ise sheathing, mucronate at the tip. 



2706. Vriesia splendens. 



psittacina, Lindl. [Tittii mtsiii psittai'nui , Hook.). 

 About 1 ft. high when in bloom: Ivs. rosidate, li-IO in. 

 long, dilated at the base, yellowish green: Us. large, 

 yellow with green tips, scatu-rcd on a <listichotis sjdke, 

 the bracts red at the base and ^elhiw- at the top. Bi-azil. 

 B.R. 2!1:10, where the genns'is fcaindeil. B.JL 2H4L 

 R.H. 18r).">:221. — A showy species w-lien in bhMini. 



B. 



AA. ,S7«J/I.I/. 



ir.s-. nut ha 



sllali, r tliaii till pitilts. 

 -,'(?, iii,,tttc,t or ti's.sfltiltnl. 



-~-M.v. 



fe 



\aft" 



E-r" 





heliconioides. Liii<11. ( r. iHlinhi. Hort. TilhUnlsui 



]n!i<'tnii>>)<h.^, HBK.». Dwarf ;lii<1 lufted, with many 



ro.^ulate recurving or arcliiny' lain.'(_-'<.tlate h's. (alxmr 12 



in. Inn^). whieb are bright green above an<I jnii-ple 



tinged beneath. Scape iivertuppiiiLr the 



foliage, simple and erect, with Tvi(le-s])vrad- 



ing disti<?lii>us boat-shaiM-d bracts that are 



liirlit red at the base and gret^nish at the 



tip. showv : tis. wbiti'. Colombia. I. H. 



;.:0:490. U.C. II. -JliUd. 





liift;, 



xfiiltate,) iaiarliil 

 ■irl;) III- liuiiiiti'tij rar 



itt 



,:ijatr.t. 



2705. Erieeron mucronatcs, known in the trade as Vittadinia 

 triloba. I • ^4-' 



somewhat glaur-ous, nnt spottod: .spike with wide- I 

 spreading nearly divaricutp ai-uminatc hraets wliiidi an' ^ 

 scarlet at the ba^n and vrll.i\vi>h gr^m at t)ir (.'ud; (is 

 protruding, pale vellow." Brazil. B.M, (KJU. 



tessellata, Morr. [TilUnid^ia trss<JI<)fa . 

 Lind.). L\'s. shan't ami rathe]' lir<iad, msu- 

 late, dilatr<l at base, slinrt-{>ointed, rather 

 stiff, cbanneled, IfssrllapMl with green and 

 velh'W: inllorpsfcnci- jianifulate. tbi^ tj-i>en- 

 isli i)ra('ts ri-niotc : Ms. vcdlriw. lira- 

 zil. 1.11. LM: 17!). UM. IHMI, j). 



Oi'-''. 



fenestralis, Lind. A.- Andn' i 7V/- 



hnxlsia friirstrali^, Houk. f. ). 



Rnhust. densrly tuftrd. tin- ]vs 



stout ( I-L' ft. long) and recurved, 



hrowndiiipeil, with many (hirk grt'on vi-ins and rros.s 



^"f.■in.s : intloresc(.--nce a siiuidc stont s]iik(' 1 ^^ ft. long 



and bearing irreen-sjMttted bracT< : tls. pale vi-lluw. 



Brazil. B.M, tksKS. MI. 22 :_'b"i. 



