was chosen after commencement of flowering of the progeny in 1999 in assendelft the netherlands sexual and asexual propagation has demonstrated that the combination of characteristics as herein disclosed for the new cultivar u2018 basis u2019 as observed in assendelft the netherlands are firmly fixed and are retained through successive generations of asexual reproduction 1 solid tenable medium sized growth habit in a funnel form rosette measuring approximately 28 cm in height when flowering u2018 basic u2019 has not been tested under all available environmental conditions the phenotype may vary with variations in environmental conditions such as temperature light intensity frequency of fertilization composition of fertilizer acetylene treatment day length and humidity without however any change in the genotype of the new cultivar for example substantial differences in plant height and diameter and the number of leaves can result depending on the size of the plant at the time flowering is induced by acetylene treatment since treatment with acetylene to induce flowering disrupts normal watering and fertilization regimens acetylene treatment of relatively smaller plants adversely affects the growth of the plant the following traits have been repeatedly observed and in combination distinguish u2018 basic u2019 as a new and distinct cultivar these observations measurements and descriptions were taken for u2018 basic u2019 plants grown under the following greenhouse conditions in assendelft the netherlands the new cultivar flowers approximately 13 weeks after treatment with acetylene the closest comparison cultivar is guzmania u2018 classic u2019 co pending u s patent application ser no 10 242 624 the most important difference between u2018 basic u2019 and u2018 classic u2019 is the color of the inflorescence u2018 basic u2019 has a deep purple inflorescence while u2018 classic u2019 has a red inflorescence in the following description color references are made.