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Pseuderanthemum grandiflorum
Family: Bromeliaceae (170 species)
Common Name(s):
Grown by: David Feix, Berkeley

pseudo - false
eranthemum - the former name for this place. It is bad enough when common names are called “False”, but when botanists do it too, it reveals a paucity of imagination.
grandiflorum - large flowers

Another lovely cloud forest introduction from Dr. Breedlove from Chiapas, Mexico, blooming in late summer and fall. A 58 foot by 56 foot shrub with attractive 6-10 inch leaves graced with spikes of small deep lilac/purple flowers.
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Photo by Mike Dahlin