Bromeliad Cultivar Register (8832) 2012-04-20

*VRIESEA ‘Major’*	n/a	<1940
cv. or early form of splendens - Dutrie said, "..the transverse bands are of a brown, less dark and defined than the type..the floral stem attains a length of 80 cm and bears a spike larger than the type, but of the same scarlet color..sometimes carries two or three branches usually presenting a poor appearance". .Splendens Group
Seed Parent: splendens
JBS 11:7; 17:66; 38:169, BromsPadilla 109