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Vriesea Poelmanii

cv. Selecta

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General notes

A cool growing hybrid, quite happy in our shadehouses where it flowers regularly.

Technical notes

Vriesea Poelmanii was the name given by  Léon Duval to seedlings resulting from his cross Vriesea Van Gertii X Gloriosa in the late nineteenth century. There were a number of individual plants selected from this batch, and given the cultivar names  Elite, Eric, Favorite, Ramifeli, Red Torch, French Quarter and Selecta.