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Neoregelia ‘Big Bands’ Bromeliaceae VOLUME XLV - No. 1 - Jan/Feb 2011 The Bromeliad Society of Queensland Inc. P. O. Box 565, Fortitude Valley Queensland, Australia 4006, Home Page www.bromsqueensland.com OFFICERS PRESIDENT Olive Trevor (07) 3351 103 VICE PRESIDENT Jennifer Coulthard (07) 3353773 TREASURER Chester Cutcliff SECRETARY Glenn Bernoth (07) 4661 3634 COMMITTEE Pamela Butler, Fred Thomson, David Rees Bruce Dunstan, Barry Kable, Chris Coulthard MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY Roy Pugh (07) 363 5057 LIBRARIAN David Rees SHOW ORGANISER Bob Cross PUBLICITY OFFICER John Olsen BROMELIACEAE EDITOR Ross Stenhouse Editors Email Address: [email protected] Contents TRAVELS IN SOUTHERN PERU ....................................................................................................3 BROMELIAD ANT PLANTS .........................................................................................................9 THE BSQ WEB SITE ................................................................................................................9 BROMELIAD VIDEO PRODUCTION .............................................................................................11 ALCANTAREA ‘BLOK’ ............................................................................................................13 GUZMANIA ‘THERESA’ ...........................................................................................................16 NEOREGELIA ‘BIG BANDS’ ....................................................................................................16 BOOK REVIEW: BROMELIADS UNDER THE MANGO TREE ..........................................................20 BOOK REVIEW: TILLANDSIA II ...............................................................................................20 BOOK REVIEW: BROMELIADS FOR THE CONTEMPORARY GARDEN (COMPLETELY REVISED [ 2010] EDITION) ..........................................................................................................................22 COLD SENSITIVITY IN BROMELIADS .........................................................................................24 Front Cover: Guz. ‘Graaf van Hoorn’ photo by Ross Stenhouse Rear Cover : Guz. ‘Patricia’ photo by Ross Stenhouse The Bromeliad Society of Queensland Inc. gives permission to all Bromeliad Societies to reprint articles in their journals provided proper acknowledgement is given to the original author and the Bromeliaceae, and no contrary direction is published in Bromeliaceae. This permission does not apply to any other person or organisation without the prior permission of the author. Opinions expressed in this publication are those of the individual contributor and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Bromeliad Society of Queensland or of the Editor Authors are responsible for the accuracy of the information in their articles. Bromeliaceae Jan/Feb 011 Cusco in a rented 4WD with a driver, down Travels in Southern the steep slopes to the jungle town of Pillco- pata, in a day’s drive. Peru Jan and I flew into Cusco after the long Author: Bruce Dunstan flight from Australia and the next morning met up with Carla and Angel. The 3000m In 2008, prior to the Heliconia Society that Cusco sits at caused a few issues with International Conference in Iquitos, I set off limited oxygen in the thin air and any moder- on an adventure with three good friends, Jan ate activity, like walking around, can quickly Hintze from Darwin and Carla Black and result in shortness of breath. We bought some Angel Rodriguez from Panama. The locality last minute supplies changed a few dollars we were keen to explore was the mountainous with some roadside moneychangers, filled slope of the Andes in Southern Peru, between up with diesel and then set off. From Cusco Cusco up high in the sacred valley down to we drove through good roads to the town the world famous Manu National Park, Peru’s of Pisac through the previously mentioned largest, at around 800m elevation. Inca Sacred Valley. Ancient Inca ruins lined I had travelled to this area in 1996 but the road and hillsides. Agricultural terraces had only been at the top at Cusco and flown made of stone were amazing in the way these through the peaks of the Andes to land down ancient people had changed the shape of the at an old disused Coca airstrip at the bottom steep slopes so they could grow their crops along the banks of the Madre de Dios river. of potato, beans and amaranth with irrigation It was here in Manu National Park we were from the natural springs that pop out of the to see amazing animals like jaguar, giant massive mountains that are the Andes. otters, tapir, black and white caiman, sloths The first Bromeliads seen in this region and spider, howler and capuchin monkeys. of high elevations were Puya, not a genus The flora down in the basin was typically I have had any interest in, but there were Amazonian with low levels of diversity and two species growing along the roadsides. similar species to other localities within the Tillandsias were also spotted as we tried to huge Amazon River basin. get as many kilometres as possible towards It was the slope and changing elevation our night time goal of getting down the hill I was keen to explore. This region of southern to Pillcopata. First we had to climb up out Peru, while tropical, is occasionally subject of the valley and make our way between to cold blasts of air as large cold fronts come the mountains through the pass at 400m up from Chile and Argentina to the south. elevation. There was snow on the ground and Temperatures down to 70C are common and walking around at this elevation to take a call while we were at Manu in ‘96 we travelled by of nature was really tough going. The sight boat one morning in 130C that felt absolutely of small Quechua children tending animals freezing with the wind chill of the moving at this location was amazing. What a tough boat. The fact we were four hours up the Rio existence. Manu in virgin Amazonian rainforest felt all Once we were through the pass we the more strange considering how cold it was. quickly began descending into the Amazon The Amazon is meant to be a steaming torrid basin. The road is an amazing sight and I had jungle, not chilly! looked it up on Google Earth prior to the trip For this trip we were driving from to see what we were in for. It has switchback Bromeliaceae 3 Jan/Feb 011 Carla Black with Tillandsia cf. stenoura Bridge to nowhere Bromeliaceae 4 Jan/Feb 011 after switchback as the road loses altitude. in flower were T. buseri, with a bright red We saw the same Puyas again as we lost the inflorescence nearly a metre tall with white altitude we had gained at the pass. Growing flowers, also growing side by side was at the high elevations were many Tillandsia Tillandsia rubella, its inflorescence was walteri, a spectacular tank type with a bright just as spectacular, bright pinkie purple with pink paddle-like inflorescence. These plants blue flowers arching out and hanging over grow on the large rocks along the side of the to 500mm long. road. A large blue grey striped Agave sp. is Also growing at this high elevation also common at this elevation. We stopped stop were pink flowered Melastomes, related at the town of Paurcotambo for a quick cup to Tibouchinas that are commonly grown in of coffee for some, while Carla and I tried Australian gardens, as well as a very attrac- the coca tea. In Cusco this is served as tea tive upright sagitate Anthurium with heavily bags while in the roadside restaurant at Pau- textured leaves. Plants from this elevation rcotambo we had just shredded loose leaves. would be very difficult to cultivate as they Unsure of how much we should use we opted have very little range in temperature where on the heavier strength just in case we could they naturally grow. It is the elevation that get a better result in coping with the elevation moderates the temperatures, probably never and lack of oxygen we were experiencing. below 16C and never above 40C. If they Feeling much refreshed we set off further were grown without climate controlled con- along the road. ditions they would be unhappy if it ever got Travelling among the dry stony fields cold or hot. that served as people farms, we were con- We also drove past tall flowering Guz- stantly heading down hill, losing altitude mania gloriosa with yellow and red inflores- and as we did we began to see more small stunted trees and the sky began to get cloudier. We were entering the elfin cloud forest that lines the upper elevations of the Amazon basin. This forest is constantly wet and cloudy as winds blow the hot humid air from the lowlands east and when it hits the Andes Mountain range it is forced up by the Suppliers of fine mountains where it drops its moisture. It is always wet and windy. tissue-cultured bromeliads As we were descending we started to notice bright flowers in and amongst the trees. [email protected] Oreocallis, a shrubby tree with pink flowers, www.plantbiotech.com.au is related to the bright red Tree Waratah that grows in Nth Qld rainforests. Also common Phone (07) 5471 6036 were bright red tubular flowers of Ericaceae Postal Address: 7 Thougla Place, related to blueberries and Azaleas. The plants Buderim QLD 4556 have developed bright tubular flowers to at- Lab: 99 West Coolum Road, tract hummingbirds to pollinate them. Also Mount Coolum QLD 4573 growing in this cool windswept forest were some spectacular Tillandsias. Tank types Bromeliaceae 5 Jan/Feb 011 cences held up above their dark green leaves, start looking
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