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![]() (Dimension: 1251 x 2050 pixels - Counter: 16751) Tillandsia porphyrocraspeda ![]() Locality: Loja - Ecuador - Yangana, South of Loja Photographer: Len Colgan Note: Those who were at Albury nearly four months ago might recall a plant with a forming tall red spike that I had collected in Ecuador. It is a TV, being previously known as Vriesea cylindrica, but now T. porphyrocraspeda. It was the most southerly plant I collected (during the second trip to Ecuador), with its habitat between Loja and the Peruvian border. I promised I would show images when it eventually flowered. Well, at long last it has! Please see the three attached images. For those who were not at Albury, the leaves are grey lepidote and firmish (actually much greyer than they appear in the first image). Notice how the bracts wither before the flowers emerge, as is the case with many species in this group. There will clearly be a lot of flowers. (Sent: brom-l@science.uu.nl) Identification: pending ![]()
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