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Nidularium Orange Innocent BCR ... "Plant being grown in Brisbane area since late 1990's as Nidularium species Brasil. Seems to be a form of N. innocentii, hence the name. Has strong links to collections made on the McNamara/Ryde trip to Brazil in 1990.
cv. Nidularium innocentii?
Referenced: Bromeliaceae 40 (2): 21. 2007. Registered: D. Butcher.
Ian Hook 02/24 ex. Kerry McNicol
Nidularium 'Orange Innocent' by Derek Butcher
There is a plant being sold in Queensland as Nidularium species Brasil which when you really think about it, is not a particularly definitive name. There is an awful lot of coffee in Brazil just as there are an awful lot of Nidularium.
We have flowered this plant in Adelaide and it is clearly in the subcomplex innocentii with its white flowers. Lack of collection data makes me shy away from identifying it with any of the species in Elton Leme's revision of this genus. Therefore, if we are serious about identifying this very attractive clone I suggest it be called 'Orange Innocent' and if you have this plant please change the label. In the meantime if anyone knows a bit more of its history please advise me so it can be added to the records and not get cobwebs in some ones brain.
