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Bromeliad Cultivar Register (12664) 2015-01-22

xCANMEA ‘Midnight Torch’ Jacobsson K 2011

Mature rosette to 35cms. diameter x 45cms. high. Broad, glossy, bronze green, black-spined leaves heavily overlaid with irregular brown suffused patches and sepia red "fingernails" in strong light. Erect, thistle-like spike of apricot orange floral bracts and clustered white flowers. Reg. Doc. 1/2015.
Country of origin: N.S.W. Australia

Seed Parent: Aechmea tessmannii Pollen Parent: Canistrum triangulare