There is a species of seed that I wish to confirm as a member of the Bromeliad -Tillandsioideae and not a member of the Family Bombacaceae. A colleague suggested it may be of the latter family but I am sure I recall seeing them being dispersed from a bromeliad spike at about 1500m asl in Venezuela. The aril is gold and fluffy with a brown spike-shaped seed is smooth on one side and convoluted on the other and close to ten mm long by 1-2 mm.
Does anyone know of this and is there a feature that will reassure me that they are indeed bromeliad seeds anot from the member of another family?
Venezuelan Tillandsioideae seed characters??
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Hi Will,
the Bombacaceae I know (like Kapok for instance) are much bigger.
Seeds of the subfamily Tillandsioideae are very small.
Unfortunately I do not have a good Image on hand, I will check my Photo-folders next week.
Maybe we could help you figuring it out if you could post an
image of the seed you are talking about.
Greetings to down under
Timm
the Bombacaceae I know (like Kapok for instance) are much bigger.
Seeds of the subfamily Tillandsioideae are very small.
Unfortunately I do not have a good Image on hand, I will check my Photo-folders next week.
Maybe we could help you figuring it out if you could post an
image of the seed you are talking about.
Greetings to down under
Timm
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