Bromeliad Cultivar Register (11346) 2014-09-27

*ALCANTAREA ‘Faery Dust’*		Tristram P*
Large mature rosette to over 1 metre diameter. Silvery blue/green arching or weeping leaves with distinctive white crossbands , moreso on the reverse, particularly in juvenile phase. Heavily-scurfed---indument can "dust" the ground as plant matures. Wild-collected in Brazil and introduced into U.S. horticulture via Chester Skotak. Reportedly different to other silver forms in cultivation. Reg. Doc. 5/2012 by P.Tristram Country of origin: Brazil
Seed Parent: odorata