Alcantarea Vampira
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Alcantarea Vampira BCR ... "Mature rosette to 1.4m diameter x 70cm high. Wine red, glossy leaves with tapering, pointed tips. Erect, branched spike to 2.4m tall with cardinal red-bracted stem and recoiled cream petals reversed pink. Found in small numbers by the registrant in an advanced batch at Rocklea Markets, Brisbane in July, 2011. The exact source and the breeder are unknown. The potted selection did not have their own labels but were sold simply as "full sun bromeliads". Reg. Doc. 8/2013 by John Byth."
Unknown parentage and breeder.
