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Mar 29, 2017 6:54 AM CST
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Name: Myriam Vandenberghe
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Aechmea blanchetiana maybe? The leaves though are so pointed unlike the rounded tipped leaves I see on the web of the species.
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Mar 29, 2017 6:28 PM CST

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I don't think it's A. blanchetiana
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Mar 29, 2017 6:45 PM CST
Name: Lin Vosbury
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A list of Bromeliads of Brazil: http://bromeliad.nl/encycloped...

Bloom photo, A. leptantha:
http://bromeliad.nl/encycloped...

I wonder if it could be Aechmea leptantha?
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Mar 30, 2017 12:50 AM CST
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Name: Myriam Vandenberghe
Ghent, Belgium (Zone 8a)
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Thanks lin, A.leptantha is not listed in the Flora do Brasil for the region, nor is A. blanchetiana.
There are 32 Aechmea sps in the Rio de Janeiro state.
http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov....
I searched all of them, many of which I couldn't find any documentation of.
Not even sure now it is an Aechmea sp. Rolling my eyes.
The Atlantic Forest is literally crowded with Bromeliads everywhere you look, kind of frustrating I even have not a basic knowledge of that huge family.
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Mar 30, 2017 5:50 AM CST
Name: Lin Vosbury
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My eyes aren't the best at comparing photos; first I thought Aechmea, then I thought the leaves and bloom spike looked like Alcantarea lurida or Alcantarea nigripetala as shown on this page: http://fcbs.org/cgi-bin/dbman/... but I just can't seem to find an exact match.
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Mar 30, 2017 12:55 PM CST
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Name: Myriam Vandenberghe
Ghent, Belgium (Zone 8a)
Bee Lover Organic Gardener Native Plants and Wildflowers Frogs and Toads Ferns I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database!
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Thanks Lin, I didn't find a match either in the Alcantarea genus..
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