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I assume that this is especially red when it flowers, but it will be a few years before I can confirm it. The first flowering of a plant is always an exciting time. This was not as bright red as I had expected, but the colour of the inflorescence became deeper once the individual flowers were over and it remained attractive for months. The Bromeliad Society International register says: "cv. or hybrid of recurvata w/wide leaves arching downward - Grey-green uniformly with intense red inflorescence only extending part way from the rosette. The earliest reference we can find to this alleged variety of recurvata (never formally described) is in Hummel's plant list 1962 where he says it is larger than var. benrathii with a flowerhead more raised from the center. Undoubtedly its origins were in California because the oldest photo we have is by Jeanne Woodbury in BSB 1968, page 1 Recurvata Group." |
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