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15558 - Bromeliads (Garden) - 2018-11-10
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Guzmania x conifera hybrid
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(Uploaded as: Guzmania ?)
Locality: Colombia - Palmira. Valle - Reserva Natural Nirvana
Photographer: Laura Ospina (Sent: brom-l@science.uu.nl)
Identification: Solved
- Identification (15557): (2018-11-13) =Guzmania conifera
- I do not know how an old inflorescence of Guzmania conifera colores, but at anthesis its bracts are bright orange with yellow tip (Sent: brom-l@science.uu.nl) - Identification (15557): (2018-12-03) =Guzmania x conifera hybrid
- Got the advice from Peter Bak that it is probably a G. conifera x G. lingulata hybrid (Sent: brom-l@science.uu.nl) - Note (15557): (2018-12-03) - try to cross it with a normal G. conifera to see it will procuce seed. Hybrids of it are 99.9% sterile
- Note (15557): (2018-12-04) - Was the plant found in the wild or a plant nursery? It could be man made. see 'Olympia. Check Bromeliad Cultivar Register (Sent: brom-l@science.uu.nl)
- Note (15557): (2018-12-04) - Whoops 'Olympic'
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