Pitcairnia lehmannii SEEDS

Pitcairnia lehmannii seeds grow into a bromeliad native to the wet tropical biome of Colombia and Ecuador named after Friedrich Carl Lehmann (18501903), a German-British plant hunter who made extensive collections of orchids and bromeliads in Colombia and Ecuador between 1878 and 1903. A member of subfamily Pitcairnioideae producing large, tubular flowers on tall scapes above the strap-like leaf rosette. Lehmann contributed enormously to the botanical knowledge of Andean plant diversity, and several significant Andean species across multiple plant families bear his name. Family Bromeliaceae.

Bright indirect light; moist but well-drained substrate; high humidity; warm tropical Andean conditions.

• Named after German-British plant hunter Friedrich Carl Lehmann (18501903), Colombia/Ecuador collector
• Large tubular flowers on tall scapes; no water tank; subfamily Pitcairnioideae
• Colombia to Ecuador wet tropical biome; Andean cloud and humid forests
• Lehmann collected extensively 18781903; many Andean species bear his name
• Bright indirect light; moist substrate; high humidity; warm tropical; Family Bromeliaceae

Pitcairnia lehmannii honours Friedrich Carl Lehmann, one of the great plant hunters of the Colombian and Ecuadorian Andes a wet tropical bromeliad from the Andean cloud forests, named for a man whose collections shaped our understanding of northern Andean plant diversity.

IMPORTANT: Pictures show the adult plant, which is not for sale. The offer is only for seeds.