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Cultural Guidelines for Commercial Production of Interiorscape Fire Flash (Chlorophytum amaniense)

, , andJianjun Chen


Release Date: 10/14/2020

Reviewed At: 9/10/2026

DOI: 10.32473/EDIS-ep253-2004

Agriculture

Abstract

'Fire Flash' (Chlorophytum amaniense) is a foliage plant introduced to Florida from Thailand in the late 1990s. Bright coral petioles and midveins contrast with deep green, ovate-lanceolate leaves making an exotic appearing and exciting new plant (Chen et al. 2002).

About this Publication

This document is ENH998, one of a series of the UF/IFAS Department of Environmental Horticulture. Original publication date December 2004. Revised March 2005 and June 2014. Visit the Ask IFAS website at https://ask.ifas.ufl.edu/ for the currently supported version of this publication.

How to Cite

Chen, J., McConnell, D. B., & Henny, R. J. (2014). Cultural Guidelines for Commercial Production of Interiorscape Fire Flash (Chlorophytum amaniense). EDIS, 2014(6). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-ep253-2004

Authors

Dennis McConnell
Dennis McConnell

professor emeritus, UF/IFAS Department of Environmental Horticulture

Richard Henny
Richard Henny

professor emeritus, Department of Environmental Horticulture, UF/IFAS Mid-Florida Research and Education Center

Jianjun Chen
Jianjun Chen
Specialist
University of Florida

professor, plant physiology, Department of Horticultural Sciences, UF/IFAS Mid-Florida Research and Education Center

Publication #ENH998

Commercial

Chlorophytum comosum