Bromeliad Cultivar Register (8517) --

*VRIESEA ‘Deutscher Zwerg’*	Gulz	<1972
cv. of ('Erecta' x carinata) X corcovadensis - Butcher said, photo in Baensch's book seems to be either a seedling of 'Deutscher Zwerg' or a carinata hybrid - Samyn indicates the cultivar should have an open lax spike which you would expect to get using the species corcovadensis".
Seed Parent: 'Erecta' x carinata	Pollen Parent: corcovadensis
JBS 23:37; 28:84, Baensch 228, KentCat1972, NJB1976, Butcher1998, FL1978