Bromeliad Cultivar Register (7967) 2020-07-11

*PORTEA ‘Helga Tarver’*	? / D Cathcart.*	?
Collected in Brazil, Minas Gerais, Jequitinhona county by Chester Skotak, Pedro Nahoum and Chester Skotak Jr. in 1996, but does not link directly to a named species, the closest being P. petropolitana var. noettigii. Flowering to 1m high, Tropiflora #6297. Named to honour the inquisitive cultonomist from Clearwater Florida.USA. Reg. Doc. 8/2006 Country of origin: Brazil