This plant is from seed I purchased from Tradewinds Fruit a few years ago and has finally reached blooming size. The bloom does have five petals and five sepals, this was the first bloom and was a little deformed.
[img width= height=]http://members.shaw.ca/macaw1/tacsonia/tacs-1.jpg[/img]
It must be a complex hybrid as I do not recognize much about it from any two species. Tradewinds expects that it has exoniensis, mollissima, antioquiensis and who knows what else in it. The peduncle is quite short, unlike a couple of the assumed parents.
[img width= height=]http://members.shaw.ca/macaw1/tacsonia/tacs-2.jpg[/img]
There are some rather firm and long white filaments that I seem to recall seeing on some species photo somewhere but I can not recall where I saw the photo or what the species was..
[img width= height=]http://members.shaw.ca/macaw1/tacsonia/tacs-3.jpg[/img]
It has leaves very similar to mollissima that also has a pubescence on the surface and bottom.
[img width= height=]http://members.shaw.ca/macaw1/tacsonia/tacs-4.jpg[/img]
The fruit is odd that it looks like a pickled cucumber with the bumps covering it's surface.
[img width= height=]http://members.shaw.ca/macaw1/tacsonia/tacs-5.jpg[/img]
It's a keeper no matter what it is, I just do not have any documentation or Provenance as to what it is so I doubt I will propagate and distribute this plant.
Cheers,
Sean
