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Orthophytum falconii Leme

Publ: Journal of the Bromeliad Society 53(1): 20-24 (2003)

Type: Brazil. Bahia: Candido Sales, bank of Rio Pardo, Mata de Cipo, field collected in Nov. 2000 by Raymundo E Reis & Jose Carlos M. Falcon s. n. , flowered in cultivation Dec. 2001, E. Leme 4938 (HT: HB).

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Distribution: BRAZIL; Bahia,

Etymology: Orthophytum falconii is dedicated to one of its collectors, Jose Carlos Martinez Falcon, who is responsible for the recent horticultural introduction of some unusual bromeliad species from Bahia.

Orthophytum falconii