Pitcairnia heliophila L.B.Sm.
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Authority
Smith, Lyman B. 1957. The Bromeliaceae of Colombia. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 33: i-v, 1-311.
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Family
Bromeliaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Description - Plant over 7 dm. high; scape 7 mm. in diameter, sparsely white-floccose; scape-bracts linear, acuminate, pungent, to 36 cm, long and 1 cm, wide, densely white-floccose on both sides, subdensely serrate with straight spreading spines 1.5 mm. long; inflorescence laxly tripinnate, 4 dm. long, 2 dm, wide, glabrous, red; primary bracts short, narrowly triangular; branches spreading, slightly divided, lax; floral bracts clhptic, apiculate, about equaling the pedicels or the lowest somewhat shorter, submembranaceous; flowers spreading; pedicels slender, 4-6 mm. long; sepals linear, 2 cm. long; petals 35 mm. long, naked; ovary 3/5 superior; ovules narrowly winged.