Vriesea discolor Mez

  • Authority

    Smith, Lyman B. & Downs, Robert J. 1977. Tillandsioideae (Bromeliaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 14 (2): 663-1492. (Published by NYBG Press)

  • Family

    Bromeliaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Vriesea discolor Mez

  • Type

    Type. Wercklé s n (holotype B n v, destroyed ?), without exact locality, Costa Rica.

  • Synonyms

    Thecophyllum discolor Mez & Wercklé

  • Description

    Description - Leaves very broad, obtuse, green above, dark-violet-brown below. Scape probably decurved, very stout, glabrous; scape-bracts much exceeding the internodes, foliaceous, glabrous. Inflorescence many-flowered, very densely bipinnate, cylindric, obtuse, 3 dm long, 8 cm in diameter, glabrous; axis stout, subterete; primary bracts shorter than the axillary branches; branches distinct, all about 5 cm long, lax, bearing up to 12 secund flowers about 8 mm apart, spreading to reflexed. Floral bracts elliptic, obtuse, equaling or shorter than the pedicels, thick, coriaceous; flowers suberect; pedicels stout, 10 mm long, slightly thickened toward the apex. Sepals asymmetric, 8 mm long, 6 mm wide, thick, coraceous, even. Capsule 30 mm long.

  • Distribution

    At 1600 m alt, central Costa Rica.

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