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8856 - Bromeliads (Wild) - 2011-10-13 (Dimension: 2078 x 1586 pixels - Counter: 9983) Tillandsia complanata Benth. ssp. complanata Gilmartin Locality: Ecuador - Prov. of Zamora-Chinchipe, area of Estación Cientifica San Francisco (S 03°58´, W 79°04´ ), road Loja-Zamora, ca. 35 km from Loja; moist montane forest Photographer: Florian Werner Note: (as Werner, F.A. 748 ) - Det.: F.A. Werner "acute, straight (uncurved) leaf tips; leaves usually conspicuously waxy & purplish below with pale yellowish green basal third, dirtyish green above, often with fine pirple spotting. Max. size distinctively smaller than classic T. complanata type; flowers lila to reddish-violet." (Click on the picture to enlarge) |