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Guzmania foetida Rauh

Publ: Trop. Subtrop. Pflanzenw. 60: 52 (1987)

Type: RAUH 37763, 9.11.1975, in the Herb. Inst. System. Bot. Univ. Heidelberg (HEID). terrestrial and epiphytic in the mountain-forest near Banos, 1200 m, central-Ecuador.

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Distribution: ECUADOR;

Habitat: terrestrial and epiphytic in the mountain-forest, 1200 m. Elev.

Etymology: Flowers post-floral have an awful smell (like rotten potatoes); closed by the middle of the next day and a brown colour.

Guzmania foetida