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Pitcairnia bakiorum Manzan. & W Till

(subgen. Pitcairnia)

Publ: Bromeliaceae of Ecuador (Jewels of the Jungle) : Pitcairnioideae 2: 479-81 (2005)

Type: Ecuador, province of Zamora Chinchipe: collected near a waterfall in a canyon on the crest of Mount Ijiach Naint, Cordillera de Huaracayos, 03°15'48.1"S 78°10'25,7"W, 1898 m elev., 21 Mar. 2001, J.M. Manzanares, B. Patterson, D. Neill, P. Berry, L. Jost & E. Escobar; flowered in cultivation, 13 Apr. 2001, J.M. Manzanares 7415 (holotype: QCNE-184066).

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Distribution: ECUADOR; Zamora-Chinchipe,

Habitat: Terrestrial in low montane rainforests, 1900 m. Elev.

Etymology: Named in honor of the family Bak (Cornelius, Peter and Ely) from Assendelft, The Netherlands, specialists in breeding and growing bromeliads.

Pitcairnia bakiorum