Luther 1993b (Article) Tillandsia

Misnamed Bromeliads, no. 13: Tillandsia velickiana

Author(s):—H.E. Luther

Publication:—Journal of the Bromeliad Society 43(2): 59-63. (1993)

Abstract:—One of the most confusing and frequently misidentified species of cultivated Tillandsia is T velickiana L.B. Smith (cover photograph). Opinions regarding its identity and status have varied widely and changed rapidly. My own “Explanations For Taxa No Longer on the Bromeliad Binomial List,” BIC, 1 May 1992 (distributed to BSI affiliated societies), was caught in midstride, so to speak, with T. vetickiana listed both as a synonym and as a valid name.