"Uncle Derek Says"

Aechmea 'Flaming Star / 'Covata'

"Aechmea 'Flaming Star' is interesting in that I think it is close to Pamela's (Koide, Bird Rock Tropicals) 'Covata'. I would like all the comments I can get. Our plant came to Australia as having been collected by Chester Skotak in Brazil with name unknown. Forever the Doubting Thomas I eventually found that this plant had been collected in Seidel's nursery!! Many wrongly named plants and unknown hybrids come from this source so I have doubts that it is a species. We in Australia are treating it as a hybrid and a handsome one at that."

Ae. 'Flaming Star'

Ae. 'Covata'

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Chester Skotak advised on 25 August 1999 that this plant had been grown from seed from Brazil and he did not know which collection it came from or even the name of the seed parent. Pre-flowering plants had gone to Peter Tristram in Australia but most had gone to Dennis Cathcart at Tropiflora.We do not know when the plants were sent to Dennis or even whether he re-sold them. However we guess that these plants are in the USA under a different name. We also guess that there is a great chance of these seedlings being an F1 generation hybrid and thus all the members of the grex would be similar looking. Have a look around.We think this is a beaut hybrid.

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Photo Credits:
Aechmea 'Flaming Star' - John Catlan
Aechmea 'Covata' - Bird Rock Tropicals

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