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"Tillandsia 'Kashkin' has an interesting story. In around 1980 Michael Kashkin of Fuchsialand Nursery in Los Angeles offered in his plant list a Tillandsia sp. from Bolivia. At least one plant was exported to Australia and remained here as an unknown Tillandsia. An offset returned to the USA for identification and the name came back as Tillandsia jucunda. I came into the picture in 1993 when I flowered a plant called Tillandsia caulescent jucunda! It was nothing like a T. jucunda so photographs were taken and correspondence was entered into. Both Walter Till and Harry Luther confirmed its "hybridity" and even suggested possible parents. I was able to trace its Australian history but was unable to contact Michael Kashkin to find out more about this plant. No doubt this alleged natural hybrid is being grown in the USA and my photographs should assist in identifying it. It's dirty-cream petals, even though a surprise would not entice you to place this plant on your want list.
You will note that I referred to Tillandsia jucunda and this name does appear in the Bromeliad Cultivar Registry page 357. However,most Botanists, although suspecting a hybrid, continue to treat it as a species. Refer Harry Luther's Binomial listings. To avoid conflict I suggest that if you have a copy of the Bromeliad Cultivar Registry you delete the T. jucunda reference.
It appears that this plant is being sold in California as 'Inca Gold'. No
attempt was made to advise the Bromeliad Cultivar Registry and no doubt
this plant will circulate in Australia under the name of 'Kashkin' but be
sold in the USA as 'Inca Gold'. While the name 'Inca Gold' may have buyer
appeal it provides no link to its origins. Further, one tends to link the
Incas with Peru rather than Bolivia.
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