Aechmea Miraculous Find
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Aechmea Miraculous Find
Ian Hook bought as Aechmea Unknown(#196) from Bromagic 06/02.
Another BSA member recognised it as in his collection labelled podantha.
Derek Butcher ...."Definitely NOT podantha".
Peter Franklin...."I obtained mine from Olive Trevor about 10 years ago, and at the time it bore the label Ae. podantha, which, of course, is far from the truth. At the time, Olive knew that the name podantha was clearly wrong and thought that the plant resembled a nudicaulis and fasciata cross.
In some years, my plant suffers from the cold, which is somewhat of a surprise, especially if it does have Ae. nudicaulis in its make-up; and it certainly looks as though it does.
This plant has obviously found its way into several collections and has been without a name for rather a long time. We should give it a cultivar name so we can at least write out a correct name tag for it. I suggest Aechmea ‘Miraculous Find’. If it was a real Ae. podantha, then it certainly would have been a miraculous find.
From Bromeliad Cultivar Register. PAF 2088, Not so much for its beauty, but for its history. In Australia Aechmea podantha is very rare and if that is on the label some just have to buy it! The problem started in QLD and crept down to NSW. I assume that some, when they saw the flower just destroyed the plant. This entry is really a warning to others. 'Miraculous Find' is only an anagram of nudicaulis 'Form' to which it does have some resemblance.
Derek Butcher....
Aechmea ‘Miraculous Find’ on Website ‘Bromeliads in Australia’ 12/2004
Ian Hook bought as Aechmea Unknown (#196) from Bromagic 06/2002. Another BSA member recognised it as in his collection labelled podantha.
Derek Butcher says - "Definitely NOT podantha".
Peter Franklin ..."I obtained mine from Olive Trevor about 10 years ago, and at the time it bore the label Ae. podantha, which, of course, is far from the truth. At the time, Olive knew that the name podantha was clearly wrong and thought that the plant resembled a nudicaulis and fasciata cross.
In some years, my plant suffers from the cold which is somewhat of a surprise, especially if it does have Ae. nudicaulis in its make-up; and it certainly looks as though it does.
This plant has obviously found its way into several collections and has been without a name for rather a long time. We should give it a cultivar name so we can at least write out a correct name tag for it.
I suggest Aechmea 'Miraculous Find'. If it was a real Ae. podantha, then it certainly would have been a miraculous find !
For those of you that enjoy cryptic crosswords, the letters of ‘Miraculous Find’ are actually an anagram of ......... Well, I leave that up to the curious reader."
Updated 28/07/16
