Bromeliad Cultivar Register (486) 2010-07-18

*AECHMEA ‘Red Bands’*	*(Seaborn)**	<1977
Formula from verbal commentary and diagnosis by Harry Luther in 1996 - sometimes as 'Seaborn's Red Bands' - Medium upright rosette w/thick sharply tapered pale grey-green leaves distinctly marked on outer leaf surface w/red-maroon thin cross bands - Originally thought to be a form of triangularis - Thelma O'Reilly attributes the cultivar to a sport of triangularis for Alice Quiros which was refined and given to Seaborn - the cultivar is listed in 1977 Kent as triangularis (banded leaves) and Belton in 1983 as triangularis (red bands) - Bromeliad Treasury 1983 said, "New hybrid adds a touch of color to triangularis - inflorescence is same as triangularis except flowers are blue-green".
Seed Parent: maculata	Pollen Parent: triangularis
TF1982; BirdRock1995, SDDN1979, MB1998, KentCat1977, BP1983, BromTreasury1983