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Tillandsia x pastenata Manzan. & Gouda

(subgen. Tillandsia)

Publ: J. Bromeliad Soc. 74(1): 31-35 fig. 5-7 (2024)

Natural hybrid: Tillandsia complanata and Tillandsia pastensis

Type: Ecuador: province of Napo, Cuyuja, growing epiphytical in small dense forests close to the Quijos River, 2.000 m, 00º21’S 78º01’W, 10 July 1995, J.M. Manzanares 5541 (QCNE)

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Distribution: Ecuador: Napo

Habitat: epiphyte in remnant trees in pastures, ca 2000 m. Elev.

Etymology: The epithet is a combination of that of the putative parents, T. pastensis and T. complanata

Phenology: Tillandsia x pastenata flowers from May to late October.

Tillandsia x pastenata