Identification: What kind of plant is this?

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  1. enreil

    enreil Member

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    Does anybody know what kind of plant this is?

    Thanks!
     

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  2. Michael F

    Michael F Paragon of Plants Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    A bromeliad of some sort. No doubt someone will be along with the exact identification soon.
     
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    Yup, a bromeliad of some sort as Michael F suggested. It's pretty hard though to ID it when it's not flowering, as there are many many varieties of them.
     
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  4. Lila Pereszke

    Lila Pereszke Well-Known Member 10 Years

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    I think it's a Guzmania lingulata cv. or a hybrid...
     
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    wow! i've never seen a bromeliad with purple leaves!! it's beautiful!!

    lila is probably correct with the guzmania id...
     
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  6. enreil

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    It appears we have an answer - I did some googling on Guzmania lingulata and my plant looks very very similar.

    Thanks everyone for your help!
     
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