Scarlet Star
by Anne Sands
Title
Scarlet Star
Artist
Anne Sands
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Photograph - Acrylic
Description
This beautiful plant was photographed during our trip to Herdhey, Pa. Guzmania lingulata or scarlet star is a species of flowering plant in the bromeliad family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Tillandsioideae, native to rainforest habitats in Central America, northern and central South America, southern Mexico and the West Indies.It is an evergreen epiphytic perennial.The Latin word lingulata means "tongue-shaped". Foliage grows in a star-shaped basal rosette which culminates in an orange and red bracted inflorescence.
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May 10th, 2016
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