Bromeliad Cultivar Register (90) 2011-01-23

*AECHMEA ‘Blue Tango’*	Bullis P	1994
Large open rosette w/mostly blue open branched upright inflorescence. To 1 metre high in spike. Country of origin: Florida USA
Seed Parent: dichlamydea var. trinitensis	Pollen Parent: fendleri
Was listed as unreleased fendleri hybrid--ref. Bullis, P. 1998. However, U.S. Plant Patent office online record (1/2011) shows on Patent US PP11,743 P2 the parentage and other details as quoted this entry. Patent granted 16 January, 2001.