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Bromeliad Cultivar Register (15802) 2019-12-03

TILLANDSIA ‘Benetay’ Chia, Timothy 2013

Mature, caulescent rosette to 30cm. diameter x 32cm high. Stiff, recurving, scurfed, channeled, silvery grey-green leaves to 18cm long x 1.5cm wide which curl at the tips. A vegetative sport off T. duratii x T. stricta which produces numerous mainly grass offsets along the stem without flowering. Named in honour of Benedict Tay, the founder of Singapore Tillandsia. See also T. 'Imbroglio'. Reg. Doc. 11/2019.
Country of origin: Singapore

Seed Parent: duratii Pollen Parent: stricta