Plant for ID : Conservatory : Atlanta Botanical Garden : Atlanta, Georgia : 26DEC18 : AK-31

[Aarti S. Khale]

Plant seen inside the Conservatory with unusual leaf pattern,

Aarti

[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Aarti ji 

On Wed 26 Dec, 2018, 12:57 PM Aarti S. Khale, <aarti...@gmail.com> wrote:

Plant seen inside the Conservatory with unusual leaf pattern,

Aarti

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[carmelita]

Beautiful images! I cannot be certain, please look at Aechmea fosteriana. Thank you.

[carmelita]

I need to correct my previous suggestion. It should be Vriesea hiieroglyphica. I apologize for my error.

On Wednesday, December 26, 2018 at 2:27:41 AM UTC-5, Aarti S. Khale wrote:

[Aarti S. Khale]

Could be Sansevieria?

[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Carmelita ji 

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[Aarti S. Khale]

Carmelita Ji,

Thanks for the suggested id.

Sorry I missed your post earlier, saw it today.

Regards,

Aarti

[Ushadi Micromini]

could be

but

growth pattern of the rossette of leaves would tend to be different

One is an asparagus family (sansevieria) and the other a bromeliad.

Bromeliad with have a sort of a cup in the center where water accumulates. even if that space is small, there will be one,  even when a flower stalk starts to develop, there will still be debris , insects and and some water in the center.

where as sansevieria will not, and (i know you cant uproot a plant in a botanical garden, but it has roots, however shallow).

Bromeliad will have pups if its old enough or threatened enough....

SO do you by any chance have more pictures of the lowest part of the plant 

and of the center of the plant (taken from th dead center of the plant at the top).

Lets  hope you have more pictures

or a label pic?

usha di

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[Aarti S. Khale]

Usha Di,

Unfortunately I don't seem to have more pictures of this plant.

To me, it looks more closer to a Sansevieria Species with upright leaves, which I had suggested in my earlier post.

Regards,

Aarti

[Ushadi Micromini]

Could be

anything is possible 

bromeliads can also have upright leaves in many instances

so i will classify it as probable Sansevieria sp

unless you happen to visit Atlanta again and find it in flowering stage

then we will have a diagnosis.

be it Sansevieria or a bromeliad

 

great show.

usha di

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[Aarti S. Khale]

Thanks Usha di. 

It was just a suggested Id.

I will try sending it to their planthotline and see what id they give. 

It's a slow process, at times you have to wait for days for them to answer. 

Regards,

Aarti

[Aarti S. Khale]

Dear all,

Can this be Vriesea hiieroglyphica?

King of the Bromeliads?

Carmelita Ji had suggested Bromeliad earlier.

Looks close.

Regards,

Aarti

[J.M. Garg]

To me also looks closer to images on net. 

[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Carmelita ji.

On Mon, 7 Jan 2019 at 16:01, Carmelita <carmel...@gmail.com> wrote:

Others have visited Atlanta Botanical gardens and posted their images with the identification. Here are two examples:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/rstickney/15947423023/

https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/close-up-of-the-patterned-leaves-of-a-king-high-res-stock-photography/457985043

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[Aarti S. Khale]

Carmelita Ji, Garg Ji,

Thanks a lot for the links.

They confirm the id.

Carmelita Ji had suggested Bromeliad initially, I was a bit confused.

Regards,

Aarti