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14. Tillandsia cf.
deppeana (Send your reply, using the form)
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- Derek Butcher (22 Feb 1999): This appears to be almost T. deppeana BUT.
- Walter Till (22 Feb): As I responded already to Uncle Derek: I think in an artificial
hybrid, T. depeana being involved.
- Len Colgan (23 Feb): Eric, Why is it not T. deppeana?
- Walter Till (23 Feb): As I stated already in a previous message: the inflorescence for
me is too elongate and the petal colour too pale. In addition, to my knowledge the spikes
should be strictly erect while in the plant under discussion they
are arching-divergent.
- Derek Butcher (23 Feb): I have never seen a T. deppeana in flower and do not know the
full range. I discussed this with Chris Larson who has seen quite a few of this
"species". The branches are much wider than in the description. Chris didn't
think it was a T. deppeana but would not be aware of the possible variation in the wild
which of course we all
experience at one time or another.
- Chris Larson (Date: 2/22/01): The answer to the origins of this plant
was very close at hand, I hadn't asked the right person. The plant was collected in
Cuernavaca.
- ): Another guess: with the
closeup of the Cuernavaca plant in mind, I could imagine a natural hybrid between T.
deppeana and T. multicaulis.
- Derek Butcher (At great expense to the
management, Chris sent me a branch of his inflorescence which had finished flowering. I
teased out the sepals for you to see. I could not get any further than T.deppeana
especially if we accept Smith's description of the inflorescence as being short pinnate or
sub-digitate.
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