When I visited the Planting Fields Arboretum in New York, I saw this strange looking flower. It has a beautiful common name which is Pink Quill. I include a iNaturalist link if you would like to see more Pink Quill pictures. Wallisia cyanea (common name pink quill) is a species of flowering plant in the bromeliad family, native to the rainforests of Ecuador.
當我參觀紐約的 Planting Fields 植物園時，我看到了這朵奇特的花。 它有一個美麗的俗名，即粉紅色羽毛筆。 如果您想查看更多這種植物的照片，請看 iNaturalist 鏈接。紫花鳳梨（俗名粉紅色羽毛筆）是鳳梨科的一種開花植物。原產於厄瓜多爾的熱帶雨林。
Photo Date: 2021.10.17 Location: Planting Fields Arboretum, New York
Notes 筆記
- Wallisia cyanea (common name pink quill) is a species of flowering plant in the bromeliad family, native to the rainforests of Ecuador.
- The Latin specific epithet cyanea means “blue”, referring to the intense purple-violet hue of the flowers.
- It is an epiphytic perennial growing to 20 in high by 20 in wide. It has stemless rosettes of thin, recurved leaves and paddle-shaped spikes of 20 pink bracts with violet flowers, in spring and autumn.
- It likes to grow in a warm, well-lit, well-ventilated, and humid environment. The soil requires good permeability.
- It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit.
- 紫花鳳梨（俗名粉紅色羽毛筆）是鳳梨科的一種開花植物。原產於厄瓜多爾的熱帶雨林。
- 拉丁語種小名 cyanea 的意思是“藍色”，指的是花朵深紫色調。
- 它是一種多年生附生植物，高 20 英寸，寬 20 英寸。 在春季和秋季，它有由薄並下彎的葉子組成的無莖玫瑰花結和 20 個帶有紫色花朵的粉紅色苞片的槳狀穗狀花序。
- 性喜溫暖、光線充足、通風良好、濕度大及土壤通透性良好的環境生長。
- 它曾獲得了皇家園藝學會的花園優異獎。
References 參考資料
- Wikipedia: Wallisia cyanea
- iNaturalist Photos: Pink Quill
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