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Bromeliad Cultivar Register (8250) 2017-03-03

TILLANDSIA ‘Red Fountain’ ? / Timm B* ?

Mature rosette to 22cm tall. Recurving, narrow, scurfed, channelled grey-green leaves. Erect short inflorescence of pinkish red scape bracts, light mauve flowers edged white and purple-stalked anthers. Breeder is unrecorded. Not to be confused with hybrid on offer by Tropiflora in 2001 with reverse parentage ( capitata x balbisiana) which grows to 35-45 cm tall.. Reg. Doc. 1/2002

Seed Parent: balbisiana Pollen Parent: capitata