Koide 2014 (Article) Tillandsia

Tillandsia werner-rauhiana, A Spectacular New Species from Western Mexico

Author(s):—P. Koide-Hyatt

Publication:—Journal of the Bromeliad Society 64(3): 185-193. (2014)

Abstract:—Thirty years ago, in May of 1984, I collected an unidentified Tillandsia species from the state of Jalisco, Mexico, with a large pendent pink inflorescence. I knew that it was different, as the nearly six foot pendent inflorescence was not like anything that I had encountered before. The other large pendent Tillandsia species from Mexico that I was familiar with were T. eizii L.B.Sm. (Smith 1974) and T. prodigiosa (Lem.) Baker (Baker 1888). These are quite different from this species in Jalisco. It was early in my years of exploring Mexico, and I was not experienced enough to make the diagnosis. In 1985, my friend, Bill Baker, introduced me to Professor Werner Rauh who was the keynote speaker at the biennial convention of the Cactus and Succulent Society of America, held in San Diego. I invited Professor Rauh to visit my nursery and this was the beginning of a friendship that lasted until the end of his life in 2000.

Keywords:—Tillandsia werner-rauhiana spec. nov.

Published names (1):

Tillandsia wernerrauhiana