Cryptanthus bivittatus (Cultivated) – eFlora of India

December 20, 2015
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Cryptanthus

Cryptanthus bivittatus (Hook.) Regel, Index Seminum (LE) 1864: 15 1864. (syn: Acanthospora vittata D.Dietr.; Billbergia bivittata Hook.; Cryptanthus bivittatus var. atropurpureus Mez; Cryptanthus bivittatus var. bivittatus ; Cryptanthus bivittatus var. luddemannii Baker; Cryptanthus bivittatus var. moensis auct.; Nidularium bivittatum Lem. [Invalid]; Tillandsia bivittata (Hook.) Linden; Tillandsia vittata Baker [Invalid]);

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Brazil (as per GRIN)

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Cryptanthus bivittatus from Delhi-GSDEC02/02 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2)

Cryptanthus bivittatus

Bromeliad photographed from Garden Festival, Garden of Five Senses, Delhi in February 2015.

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Cryptanthus bivittatus ‘Pink Starlite’ from Delhi-GSDEC03/03 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2)

Cryptanthus bivittatus ‘Pink Starlite’

Cultivar with pink leaves photographed from Garden Festival, Garden of Five Senses Delhi in February, 2015

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Bromeliad for ID : Nasik : 14MAY19 : AK-14 : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1)

Bromeliad plants seen at a plant nursery in Nasik.

Cultivated, potted plants.

Cryptanthus Species?

cryptanthus cultivar like “earth star” etc etc

many many are grown for mass sale as houseplants

was there any label?

No, I don’t recollect seeing the label.

I find it under Cryptanthus bivittatus (Hook.) Regel in efi site.

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Cryptanthus bivittatus for validation (Cultivated::Delhi)-NS June 2021: 5 images.

I wish to get the identification validated…there are only very few flowering pics on the internet for this species..

I request you to please validate or correct the identification….

Yes !

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References: The Plant List Ver.1.1 WCSP IPNI GRIN Dave’s Garden Cryptanthus or Earth Stars – Bromeliad Plant Care Floriculture in India By Gurcharan Singh Randhawa, Amitabha Mukhopadhyay (1986)

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