Gouda 2020i (Article) Tillandsia

Introducing Vriesea pardalina, a follow up

Author(s):—E.J. Gouda

Publication:—Journal of the Bromeliad Society 70(1): 12-16. (2020)

Abstract:—In the Journal of the Bromeliad Society 61(5): 223, I gave a short introduction to Vriesea pardalina Mez (1894). The type specimen (Glaziou 15474, see fig. 1) is a large plant with an inflorescence in very premature stage, so it is difficult to say how it would look like at anthesis. It is a large specimen with a leaf rosette of about 45 cm tall (leaves ca 42 cm long) that look exactly like the plant depicted in that introduction.