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Guzmania conglomerata var. pyrrosia Gouda

(species conglomerata)

Publ: J. Bromeliad Soc. 68(2): 68-72 (2019)

Type: Colombia, Antioquia, on the road from Nutibara to the coast in the dense rainforest, 1600 m elev., cultivated and flowered Aug. 2018, Jeffrey Kent s.n. (holotype U, isotype COL).

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Distribution: Colombia: Antioquia

Habitat: epiphyte in the understory of a mountain forest, ca 1600 m. Elev.

Etymology: from the Greek “pyros”, flame-coloured, because the bright orange red and yellow bracts and flowers remind one of flames

Guzmania conglomerata var. pyrrosia