10026 - Bromeliads (Garden) - 2012-07-22
(Dimension: 1530 x 2050 pixels - Counter: 20506) Aechmea caudata var. variegata
(Uploaded as: Aechmea ) Locality: Madeira - Photographer: Richard Martin (Sent: brom-l@science.uu.nl) Identification: solved
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Add Note: Richard Martin (2012-07-22) - This fine variegated sun tolerant Bromeliad took several years to flower.
Identification: Geoff Lawn (2012-07-23) =Aechmea caudata var. variegata M.B. Foster - Has been in cultivation over 50 years under this name (Sent: brom-l@science.uu.nl)
Identification: Charles E. Dills (2012-07-23) =Aechmea capixabae - It looks like my plant.
The kind of pinched look in the middle of the inflorescence seems unusual (Sent: brom-l@science.uu.nl)
Identification: Matthias Asmuss (2012-07-23) =Ae caudata var variegata - agree with Geoff; we grow it here (Sent: brom-l@science.uu.nl)
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