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Tillandsia palmatodigitata L.Hrom., H.Hrom. & Barfuss

(subgen. Tillandsia)

Publ: Bromelie 2024(1): 12-25 fig. 1,19–43 (2024)

Type: PERU. Dpto. of Cajamarca: Prov. of Contumazá, Distr. of Chilete, at 6.5 km upstream from the city of Chilete at the road (PE-08) in the valley of the Río Jequetepeque (here also named Río Magdalena) at the bridge Puente La Muyuna, 78°47‘16.0“W 7°13‘03.0“S, alt. 900 m a.s.l. , on a rocky slope, leg. 5 March 1997, H. Hromadnik & L. Hromadnik HR 23081 (holo WU)

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Distribution: PERU: Cajamarca:

Habitat: Saxicolous on steep rocky slopes, rooting in narrow crevices between fractured granite slabs, 800–1000 m. Elev.

Etymology: The epithet ‘palmatodigitata’ is derived from the hand-shaped (palmate) and finger-like (digitate) arrangement of the spikes of the lateral branches, which are spread out almost fan-like in one plane

Phenology: Tillandsia palmatodigitata was found flowering at the locality in early March, towards the end of the southern hemispheric summer. The development of the inflorescence thus occurs towards the end of the more rainy and warmer period, from January to February. The flowering period is likely to extend over a longer period, from March to May.

Tillandsia palmatodigitata