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11265 - Bromeliads (Garden) - 2013-11-26
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Pitcairnia

Locality: It seems that this plant has been in Australia for many years without a name. It is one of the few that has virtually sessile flowers, petals with a scale, leaves spineless but we still cannot key it out
Photographer: Uncle Derek
Identification: asked
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- Add Note (11264): VItaly Alyonkin (2014-03-19) - My be it's Pitcairnia xanthocalyx?
- Add Note (11264): Uncle Derek (2014-03-20) - Certainly a lead. It depends on the emphasis of the length of the pedicel which is a key characteristic according to Lyman Smith (Sent: brom-l@science.uu.nl)
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