Venezuelan Tillandsioideae seed characters??
Verfasst: Donnerstag, 25 Oktober 2007, 2:55
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?
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?