Vriesea seidel 981
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Vriesea seidel 981
See also Vriesea triligulata
Discussion of this plant by Derek Butcher at the July meeting of Bromeliad Society of South Australia.
"Colin Anderson brought in a flowering Vriesea ‘Seidel 981’ which meant little to him. When collecting plants in the wild many collectors give the collection a number before it is identified and given a name. 9 years ago I had a shot at Herb Plever in New York at the wrong name on his Vriesea triligulata. We kept investigating the anomaly between the plant and its original description and traced it back to 1985 when Seidel sent the plant to Selby Gardens who identified it as V. triligulata. Meanwhile Elton Leme had found a proper V. triligulata which did not have tri-ligules (or petal appendages). It was agreed that the linking of Seidel 981 to V. triligulata was in error but what to do with Seidel 981 which was clearly a new species? The Brazilian taxonomists promised to rectify the matter but alas I think it has become a case of ‘Manana’! I am sure that the wrong Vriesea triligulata is still being grown in Queensland but they are not as fussy as we are as to identity."
Updated 22/08/06
