Bromeliad Cultivar Register (8624) --

*VRIESEA ‘Gloriosa’*		Duval <1894
cv. of barilletii X incurvata - (See 'President Oscar Lamarche') - Medium small rosette of soft green leaves and a striking flat red inflorescence - small flowers w/yellow petals - Chevalier said,"Easily recognizable by the incurving bracts; and by the shape of the spikes which are oblong, more bulging and thicker".
Seed Parent: barilletii		Pollen Parent: incurvata
RevHort 66:135 1894, JBS 1:21; 11:61; 18:120, BromsPadilla 127, TheBromeliads1990p131