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Bromeliad Cultivar Register (17779) 2024-08-21

ALCANTAREA ‘Eleesa J’ Dunstan, Bruce circa 2008

Mature rosette to 1.5 metres diameter. Light green, finely frosted foliage centre-variegated white. Heavily stacked, triangular-tapered leaves with cream flower bracts and white-petalled flowers. Assumed to be a self-set, seedling mutation raised by Bruce Dunstan and given to Peter Tristram when very small. This original seedling was sparsely white variegated that produced only one stable, centrally variegated offset. Named after Eleesa Johnstone, Bruce Dunstan's partner. Reg. Doc. 5/2024 by Peter Tristram.
Country of origin: Queensland Australia

Seed Parent: Alcantarea glaziouana