Accession Data

Neoregelia spectabilis

Common Name: Fingernail Plant

Family: Bromeliaceae

Country of Origin: Brazil

Description: [syn. Aregelia spectabilis (T. Moore) Mez.]

Leaves to 16 inches long, 1.5 inches wide, gray striped beneath, green above with red tips, the inner margined with purple; flowers blue, to 1.6 inches long,

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 9b-11

Accession #: 199700010

Accession Date: 1997-02-04 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 4101

Quantity: 2

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Subclass: commelinids

Order: Poales

Family: Bromeliaceae

SubFamily: Bromelioideae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References

  1. Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, September 27, 2017.
  3. WCSP (2017). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Wednesday, September 27, 2017.
  4. Leaves capture water at Ask Nature. Last accessed on Wednesday, September 27, 2017.

Images

Neoregelia spectabilis
Neoregelia spectabilis