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Bromeliad Cultivar Register (13886) 2017-02-04

TILLANDSIA ‘Holm's White Star’ Holm B. 1995

Mature open rosette to 18 cm. diameter x 10cm. high. Widely recurved, long, channeled leaves which are solid, hard yet flexible, smooth and densely covered with tiny, adpressed silvery-white trichomes, more like T. recurvifolia. The inflorescence with a long arched peduncle has light pink to salmon, scurfy bracts and bears 6-8 yellow flowers. The inflorescence has darker pink bracts and richer yellow flowers than T. 'White Star' (Dimmitt) with reverse parentage. Reg. Doc. 1/2017 by Tanja Richter.
Country of origin: Germany

Seed Parent: recurvifolia (formerly meridionalis) Pollen Parent: ixioides