Id - Not sure labled correctly??

16 years ago

This was labeled - Aechmea gamosepala "Lucky Stripes". I'm not quite sure that is what it is. Any suggestions on ID would be appreciated.

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winterlager
16 years ago
Kind of looks like Billbergia Kyoto. Image is a bit small for proper id.
avane_gw
16 years ago
I would also put my money on Bill Kyoto

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LisaCLV
16 years ago
Yes, a close-up would help. Kyoto is probably right, though. My first thought was the variegated form of B. amoena v. stolonifera, just because of the form, but the solid white margins are more typical of B. pyramidalis 'Kyoto'. If it's glossy on both sides of the leaf, and if the pup comes out red, then that'll clinch it.

At any rate it's a Billbergia and not Ae. Lucky Stripes.
thumperinflorida
Original Author
16 years ago
Thanks a million...the pups are red. and it is glossy on both sides of leaves. I appreciate all for the quick responses.
hotdiggetydam
16 years ago
Hey I just saw that same picture on EBay
hotdiggetydam
16 years ago
Is this plant mis-identified more often than not?

Here is a link that might be useful: Another one
kerry_t_australia
16 years ago
HDD,
That (Australian) eBay listing of Aechmea comata var. makoyana looks correct to me. I know the seller and she is reliable with names.
What do you think it should be named?

Cheers,
Kerry
hotdiggetydam
16 years ago
Not having either of the plants in this post I am wondering what the visual differences are...
kerry_t_australia
16 years ago
Well, I do grow both Billbergia 'Kyoto' and Aechmea comata var. makoyana. I also grow the variegated form of Bill. amoena var. stolonifera, which Lisa also suggested as a possibility for the first brom photographed. All forms of B. amoena v. stolonifera are distinctive for their bright red bracts, versus the usual pink, and its stoloniferous growth habit.

Kyoto is an albomarginated cultivar of Bill. pyramidalis - from Japanese tissue culture I believe. It looks just like the usual green-leaved pyramidalis, except for the white margins - and my Kyoto has a slightly less-dense inflorescence than the usual form. I don't grow it very well, as it does not like my coolish winters - and I grow it in the landscape. Here is a photo of one of mine.

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Aechmea comata var. makoyana is a larger plant, with stiff, pointed leaves, heavily variegated. As the seller on eBay described, its pups are notoriously very pink - in fact mine have a distinct pink tinge until about half grown. Here are a couple of photos of mine - the first one with its inflorescence fully extended, but finished flowering. See the lovely pink pup? The second one in full flower. It is very cold-resistant, versus the billbergia.

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I hope these show the visual differences clearly.

Cheers,
Kerry

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