Vriesea botafogensis VIPP 7-13-20 The leaf color is bronzy-green

The leaf color is bronzy-green and the inflorescence is a cluster of short pink-orange branches and bracts on a tall scape

After blooming it produces large

Once very rare and costly

more like those of Hydnophytum and the leaves lanceolate to slightly oblong-lanceolate

Vriesea botafogensis VIPP 7-13-20 The leaf color is bronzy-greenAn interesting and rare plant from the exposed granite cliffs at the entrance to Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Resembling the much more familiar Vr. saundersii, it is smaller, about 6 inches across, with deeply recurving, broad, leathery leaves that are heavily speckled with red below and sparingly above. The inflorescence is a panicle of dense yellow branches on a 12 inch scape.