Tillandsia zacapanensis
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Tillandsia zacapanensis
Species, Guatemala
From Peter Tristram 09/02/11 - "Those who get Die Bromelie will have seen the article on this new species from Guatemala in the recent issue. As it turns out, I got what appears to be it from Doetterer’s in 2006 indirectly via Renate Ehlers as an unknown hybrid. When I was in Germany in 2009, a few people were discussing a Doetterer plant with a tall pink and white spike that seemed to fit my plant foliage-wise. They were discussing parentage! When it began to bloom recently and having helped with the article, it started to dawn on me that this plant could be T. zacapanensis. I emailed Renate who confirmed the batch Doetterer had a few years back were T. zacapanensis. The ones in the article are much pinker on the whole though and I don’t think this is conditions as the Germans have also flowered theirs with white branches. The plant has been compared with T. carlsoniae (a contentious translation though so that will be reprinted). In my experience it’s seems a fairly dry and slow grower, liking warmth too. I hope it pups!"
Updated 15/02/11