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 2-3 meters high; leaves to 8-10 dm. long, sheaths elliptic, ample, 15-25 cm. long, blades 3-4 cm. wide, subdensely apprcssed-lepidotc on both sides; scape erect, very stout; scape-bracts imbricate, foliaccous; inflorescence pyramidal; primary bracts ovate; branches suberect, to 2 dm. long, the sterile bases laxly bracteate; spikes shortstipitate, linear-lanceolate, acute, 4-12 cm. long; floral bracts ovate, obtuse, to 15 mm. long, exceeding the sepals, broadly convex with a thickened midnerve but scarcely carinate, coriaceous, glabrous; sepals obovate, obtuse, short-connate posteriorly; petal-blades obtuse, 5 mm, long; stamens included.
Description - Plant 2-3 meters high; leaves to 8-10 dm. long, sheaths elliptic, ample, 15-25 cm. long, blades 3-4 cm. wide, subdensely apprcssed-lepidotc on both sides; scape erect, very stout; scape-bracts imbricate, foliaccous; inflorescence pyramidal; primary bracts ovate; branches suberect, to 2 dm. long, the sterile bases laxly bracteate; spikes shortstipitate, linear-lanceolate, acute, 4-12 cm. long; floral bracts ovate, obtuse, to 15 mm. long, exceeding the sepals, broadly convex with a thickened midnerve but scarcely carinate, coriaceous, glabrous; sepals obovate, obtuse, short-connate posteriorly; petal-blades obtuse, 5 mm, long; stamens included.