I do not know its parentage - it came about spontaneously in this patch of Bromeliads. It is producing daughter bulbs in the abundance (even more than we are accustomed to in H.papilio). Self sterile. I am yet to know whether it is fertile after crosspollination from another DIPloid. If so, then it is valuable bcz. I do not know of any H.papilio look-a-like producing an umbel of 6 florets per scape. BANZAI and CHEERIO!!!