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Tillandsia x fendlanata Gouda, Manzan. & W. Till,

(subgen. Tillandsia)

Publ: J. Bromeliad Soc. 74(1): 40-43 fig. 11-13 (2024)

Natural hybrid: Tillandsia complanata and Tillandsia fendleri

Type: Ecuador: province Napo, km 93.5 of the road Pifo-Borja-El Chaco, 1660 m, 00º22’S 77º49’W, 14 February 1997, J.M. Manzanares & W. Till 6235, (holotype: QCNE; isotype: SEL)

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Distribution: Ecuador: Napo, Pastaza, Morona-Santiago, Zamora-Chinchipe & Loja

Habitat: epiphyte in remnant trees of the destroyed forest, ca 1660 m. Elev.

Etymology: The epithet is a combination of that of the putative parents T. fendleri and T. complanata

Phenology: Tillandsia x fendlanata flowers during the rainy period, from October through May.

Tillandsia x fendlanata