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1891 - Bromeliads (Wild) - 2008-01-21
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Vriesea sp. A
Photographer: Kenn Marks
Note: Unknown vriesea found on top of Auyan-Tepui (1700m), Bolivar state, Venezuela. Inflorescence looks similar to Vriesea duidae but leaves are not wine-red beneath and petals are red and not blue.
Identification: pending
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- Add Note (1893): Harry Luther (2008-01-22) - Stll looks like T. denudata
- Add Note (1893): Harry Luther (2008-01-22) - Perhaps Tillandsia denudata.
- Add Note (1893): Walter Till (2008-01-22) - What about T. pyramidata?
- Add Note (1893): Walter Till (2008-01-22) - The only species in the area with such an inflorescence and red petals
should be T. elongata var. subimbricata. Compare with my previous identification T. pyramidata!
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