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6427 - Bromeliads (Garden) - 2011-03-02
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Vriesea fenestralis
Locality: Brazil -
Photographer: Uncle Derek
Note: Hieroglyphic Vrieseas behaving badly. Any ideas what causes this? Will it be sustained in its offsets? I believe it is caused by the leaf growing faster than it should. Too much water at the wrong time? Too much fertilizer? These are the sort of queries I get from my mate Oscar Ribeiro down Rio Way! Any ideas anyone? (Sent: brom-l@science.uu.nl)
Identification: pending
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- Addit.Note: Bruce Dunstan (2011-03-02) - Hi Derek
I believe it's genetic. I get some very occasionally in seedling batches. Best ones are on strongly barred sp. I'll load an image (Sent: brom-l@science.uu.nl) - Addit.Note: Uwe (2011-03-07) - See: Steens, A. 2005. Bromeliads for the contemporary garden. – Timber Press, Portland, Oregon, USA (cover photo and page 149) although the autor is not sure whether it is V. gigantea or V. hieroglyphica. (Sent: brom-l@science.uu.nl)
- Addit.Note: Charles Dills (2011-03-07) - May I remind someone that species are not capitalized
Vriesea hieroglyphica (Sent: brom-l@science.uu.nl) - Addit.Note: Wes Schilling (2011-03-07) - I have seen in different families of plants, variegations like this caused by a virus. Any chance this could be caused by a virus??? (Sent: brom-l@science.uu.nl)
- Addit.Note: Uncle Derek (2011-03-07) - I am pleased with the feed back especially from Uwe regarding the NZ experience. When in NZ for the Bromeliad Conference in 2003 there was a plant called 'Smudge' which was in several gardens. I was Registrar at the time and would not move from my stance that I would wait until it stabilised! I then got a plant of Vr. fenestralis from Victoria, AU, which had the same traits but these disappeared under my growing conditions. I do not foliar feed! We now have a rash of these occurrences. One part of me says they are the same as the hundreds of plants that show variegation but this somehow disappears. I am sure all of you have experienced this. Any other thoughts? (Sent: brom-l@science.uu.nl)
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