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22. Tillandsia cf. streptocarpa (Send your
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- Len Colgan collected it in 1996 in the nursery of
Rainforest Flora. Paul Isley has some interesting plants(origin unknown)and this is one.It
appears to be a T. streptocarpa and the flower does open wide with a small white centre.
However, the inflorescence and plant shape suggest T. humilis. Any comments would be
appreciated.
- Eric, Derek, Walter, Just a small correction to Derek's email. I
found this strange tillandsia clump at the Dotterer's nursery in Germany. It was amongst
thousands of plants imported from Knize more than ten years ago. As soon as I saw it I
realised I had never seen anything like it in appearance. The non-fragrant violet flowers
remind me a little of T. paleacea but the plant itself and the inflorescence do not look
anything like the many forms of that species. As Derek correctly wrote, it does remind you
more of T. humilis although with thinner leaves. What on earth could it be?
- From: Eric Gouda (): The pictures are not very clear to me, I'm afraid I have to get them in my hands,
but my first impression is Tillandsia purpurea/straminea complex.
- (): Gentlemen I must
apologise for Len's lack of nose power but the I could not smell the scent either. We have
found that Aussie women smell better than their male counterparts but in the current
heatwave they are reticent to leave their houses! If only we knew habitat information
which nurserymen seem so reticent to supply.I still think it a peculiar T. streptocarpa.
- Eric: You might be
right! I remember a green clone of T. purpurea along the Panamericana Norte in Peru, Dept.
La Libertad. However, I would prefer to have a herbarium specimen at hands.
Send your reply, using the form, thanks E.J.Gouda 
