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9772 - Bromeliads (Garden) - 2012-03-19
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Pitcairnia herrerae
(Uploaded as: Puya spec.)
Locality: Peru - Moray, North West of Cusco on the way to machu picchu, just to the west of the Sacred valley
Photographer: Andrew Raff
Identification: Solved
- Note (9770): Geoff Lawn (2012-03-19) - According to online Wikipedia, Moray is a Peruvian archeological site (Inca ruins) about 50kms. northwest of Cusco on a high plateau at about 3500metres altitude and just west of the village of Maras. (Sent: brom-l@science.uu.nl)
- Identification (9770): Walter Till (2012-03-19) =Puya herrerae
- The taxon with this name is treated as a synonym of P. ferruginea but I disagree and consider it a separate species. Please add detail photos of the foliage (photo 3 does not belong to the inflorescence, right?)
- Note (9770): Uncle Derek (2012-03-20) - I am confused, Puya herrerae (Herrera 1965) has always stood alone. However, Pitcairnia herrerae (Herrera 1196) is treated as a synonym of the very variable Puya ferruginea. I'll bet if Andrew gets out the magnifying glass he will see star like trichomes just as Harry Luther said I would find, years ago when I had a similar naming problem. As for the different coloured leaf, we do not know if the seed came from the same capsule. (Sent: brom-l@science.uu.nl)
- Identification (9770): Walter Till (2012-03-20) =Pitcairnia herrerae
- Uncle Derek is right, it is Pitcairnia herrerae which I have meant! Under Puya, this taxon requires a new name. It is, however, different from true Puya ferruginea. If you look at the numerous images of the latter in the internet you will see the different corolla morphology and colour
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