Bromeliad Cultivar Register (7974) 2018-12-31

*QUESNELIA ‘Tim Plowman’*	? / Luther, H.*	<1983
Cultivar of Q. marmorata with symmetrical, distichous growth habit, punctated dark brown cross-banding and very regular recurled leaves. Plant wild-collected by D Sucre at Rio Bonito, Rio de Janeiro in 1983 and given number Plowman12968. Named in honour of U.S. ethnobotanist Timothy Plowman (1944-89) who over 15 years wild-collected in South America the genus Erythroxylem (incl. cultivated cocoa species), which are housed in the Chicago collection of the Field Museum of Natural History. Country of origin: Brazil
Seed Parent: marmorata
Selby Gardens #1983-0068, MB1998