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3 Guzmania spec.#1 (Send your reply, using the form)

• Eric Gouda: flowers are slightly opening and typically compressed

4 Pitcairnia cf. maidifolia (Send your reply, using the form)

• Eric Gouda: a large Pitcairnia (ca. 1.5 m tall) as P.maidifolia, but several characteristics are different. The bracts are greenish, not redish as in most P.maidifolia types.
• Aletta van de Berg ( Date:  29-9-00): F. Oliva-Esteva and J.A. Steyermark mention in their book 'Bromeliaceaes of Venezuela' (1987, page 370) that there occur two forms of P. maidifolia in Venezuela: a red form in the state Merida and a yellow form in the states Trujillo and Portugesa. The collections of P. maidifolia from the Guianas I studied, all had red bracts (information from the labels of herbarium specimens).

5 Aechmea spec.#1 (Send your reply, using the form)

• Eric Gouda (19-11-98) probably young inflorescence of Aechmea 'Fascini'

13. Tillandsia cf. paleacea apurimacensis (Send your reply, using the form)

• Derek Butcher (11 Feb 1999): I have a feeling this is within what Walter Till describes as T. paleacea
  apurimacensis. It was found in Peru!!! Sorry but no further details!

17. Tillandsia sp.Cuba  (Send your reply, using the form)

18. Tillandsia aff.sphaerocephala (Send your reply, using the form)

• Len Colgan (16 Jun 1999):the species from Prov. Cusco, Ollantaytambo, in Peru, must be T. nana (ex T. calocephala). Frank Messina at Tillandsia International has a very nice selection of  T. nana.

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