Portea kermesina

Portea kermesina ('kermesina'=crimson) is a plant species in the genus Portea in the bromeliad family.

Portea kermesina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Genus: Portea
Species:
P. kermesina
Binomial name
Portea kermesina
K.Koch

The bromeliad is endemic to the Atlantic Forest biome (Mata Atlantica Brasileira) and to Bahia state, located in southeastern Brazil.[1]

it grows near rivers at sea-level. It is a critically endangered species.[1]

Description

Portea kermesina contains a dozen or so broad green and red leaves, that reach 30 inches long and two inches wide.

The plant produces a flower spike with "large, rose bracts and blue-petaled flowers." The inflorescence flowers at a height of 6-8 inches and is characterized by a purplish red color.[2]

Porteas from Brazil are some of the most decorative. Portea kermesina has apple green leaves and thrives in diffused light.[3]

Portea kermesiana leaves and bloom spike.

References
  1. DPI.inpe.br: "BROMELIACEAE da MATA ATLÂNTICA BRASILEIRA: Lista de ESPÉCIES, DISTRIBUIÇÃO e CONSERVAÇÃO"; Rodriguésia 59, February 2008; ppg 209−258; article−(in Portuguese), abstract−(in English) species lists−(in Latin). accessed 30 May 2016.
  2. Padilla, Victoria (1973). Bromeliads. New York: Crown Publishers. pp. 60. ISBN 0517562413.
  3. Kramer, Jack (1976). Bromeliads The Colorful House Plants. Litton Educational Publishing, Inc. pp. 73, 100. ISBN 0-442-24518-1.
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