Monographs Details:
Authority:
Smith, Lyman B. 1957. The Bromeliaceae of Colombia. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 33: i-v, 1-311.
Smith, Lyman B. 1957. The Bromeliaceae of Colombia. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 33: i-v, 1-311.
Family:
Bromeliaceae
Bromeliaceae
Description:
Description - Plant 2-10 dm. high; leaves rosulate, sheaths large, ovate, ferruginous, blades 2-3 cm. wide, finely lepidote; scape erect, stout; scape-bracts imbricate, the lower ones foliaceous; inforescence simple or digitate; primary bracts broadly ovate, acuminate, shorter than the spikes; spikes sessile to long-stipitate, erect to spreading, bearing, bearing reduced sterile bracts at the base, usually over 1 dm. long, strongly complanate; floral bracts broadly acute, 2-4 cm. long, even to strongly nerved, glabrous or subglabrous; sepals usually shorter than the bracts; petals 6 cm. long, white to purple; stamens exserted.
Description - Plant 2-10 dm. high; leaves rosulate, sheaths large, ovate, ferruginous, blades 2-3 cm. wide, finely lepidote; scape erect, stout; scape-bracts imbricate, the lower ones foliaceous; inforescence simple or digitate; primary bracts broadly ovate, acuminate, shorter than the spikes; spikes sessile to long-stipitate, erect to spreading, bearing, bearing reduced sterile bracts at the base, usually over 1 dm. long, strongly complanate; floral bracts broadly acute, 2-4 cm. long, even to strongly nerved, glabrous or subglabrous; sepals usually shorter than the bracts; petals 6 cm. long, white to purple; stamens exserted.