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August 5, 2006 : Guzmania sanguinea
Keywords: Bromeliaceae | Guzmania sanguinea (André) André ex Mez | Jardin Botanique de Montréal
Updated November 6, 2007 at 3:00pm local time: Thanks to the comment from Harry Luther below, I've updated this entry to the proper name. This entry was originally posted as Neoregelia 'Maya'. – Daniel
Kind thanks to Van in NYC@Flickr for sharing today's image (original image), photographed at the Montréal Botanic Garden.
It's a holiday long weekend here in British Columbia, so only a selection of links about this pineapple relative today! The genus Guzmania via Wikipedia gives a brief overview of this group of tropical plants. For more photographs, the Florida Council of Bromeliad Societies has a photo database. Lastly, the Mount Holyoke College Botanic Garden has an excellent page showing some of the diversity within the Bromeliaceae.
Posted by Daniel Mosquin at August 5, 2006 5:21 AM
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Posted by: nancy at August 5, 2006 2:54 PM
This is Guzmania sanguinea.
Posted by: Harry E. Luther at November 5, 2007 5:46 PM
Thanks, Harry - so it is. Looks like the error wasn't at the garden, because I've now seen another photograph of this specimen online properly named. I'll change the entry a bit.
Posted by: Daniel Mosquin 
at November 6, 2007 2:45 PM
Yow. Will update my photo too. Thanks.
Posted by: Van at December 12, 2007 11:24 PM
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