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12794 - Bromeliads (Garden) - 2016-08-16
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Tillandsia tortilis 'Pueblo Hammeri'
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(Uploaded as: Tillandsia tortilis)
Locality: New Zealand - Wellington - Anwyl Bromeliads Nursery, Pukerua Bay
Photographer: Andrew Flower
Note: January 1994 Morris Tarr gave me seed from a plant he had imported as "Tillandsia Pueblo x hammeri" - ostensibly, then, a hybrid. Seedlings are consistent, and self-fertile which raises the question 'hybrid?". The inflorescence has similarities to my plants of T. tortilis, but vegetatively it is noticebably lighter , more like the small forms of T. schiedeana, and scales much less dense. Does it look familiar to anyone? It is a nice little plant, and quite vigorous - tending back to hybrid origin, I guess! (Sent: brom-l@science.uu.nl)
Identification: solved
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- Note: Uncle Derek (2016-08-16) - Never trust the name on the label. Pueblo seems wrong but Puebla is feasible. The name could have been Puebla ex Hammer. If it had no label I would key it out to T. tortilis (Sent: brom-l@science.uu.nl)
- Note: Eric Gouda (2016-08-16) - It is certainly not a hybrid of T.hammeri and does not look like a hybrid at all. The comment by Derek seems to be logical, except that T.tortilis is not known from Puebla. (Sent: brom-l@science.uu.nl)
- Identification: Eric Gouda (2016-08-31) =Tillandsia tortilis
- Maybe it looks a little bit greener because of the growing conditions?! (Sent: brom-l@science.uu.nl) - Identification (12798): Eric Gouda (2016-09-02) =Tillandsia tortilis 'Pueblo Hammeri'
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