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Bromeliad Cultivar Register (15575) 2020-04-28

PORTEA ‘Top Secret’ Skotak, Chester / Eloise Beach* 2008

Mature, open rosette to 85cm. diameter x 60cm. high. Arching, mid-green tongue-like leaves (5cm. wide) , saw-edged with tiny brown spines and randomly striated yellow (in strong light) and can develop pink foliage flushes, or lime green stripes in shade. As of July, 2019, nobody has reported it flowering. Developed sport from a variegated seedling. Reg. Doc. 7/2019 by Eloise Beach.
Country of origin: Costa Rica

Seed Parent: petropolitana var. noettigii Pollen Parent: petropolitana var. noettigii