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Guzmania alborosea H.Luther

Publ: Selbyana 9: 187 (1986)

Type: Ecuador, Pichincha, Centinela, Montanas de Ila, km 12 on the road from Patricia Pilar to Flor de Mayo. elev. ca. 600 m, 15 July 1979, Dodson. Fallen & Morgan 8422 (SEL holotype; US, isotype).

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Distribution: ECUADOR;

Habitat: in wet forests, 600-1250 m. Elev.

Phenology: The phenology of Guzmania alborosea is rather unusual. The petals are only slightly longer than the calyx and are exserted early in the morning. The flowers appear to be open and receptive for only a few hours, the petals quickly close and are retracted and completely concealed within the calyx by midday. In contrast. the flowers of G. scherzeriana are open for four to eight hours during the day and the petals wither in place. Guzmania scherzeriana and G. alborosea are not known to be sympatric in Ecuador but both occur with the related night-flowering G. hitchcockiana L. B. Smith.

Guzmania alborosea