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Bromeliad Cultivar Register (16694) 2021-04-15

TILLANDSIA ‘Sprengos’ ? / Kerry McNicol * circa 1980s

Mature, small, compact rosette to 9cm. diameter x 12cm. high. Scurfed, narrow, grey-green upward-curving leaves, tapering to a point. Arching inflorescence to 10 cm. long with shell pink scape bracts and mauve flowers. Stock of this cultivar tagged under parentage-only from the mid-1990s are traceable to Queensland grower Rolly Reilly, who may be its breeder. Reg. Doc. 4/2021 by Geoff Lawn.
Country of origin: Queensland Australia

Seed Parent: sprengeliana Pollen Parent: aeranthos