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 - Scandent; stem elongate, 3-4 ram. in diameter, finally losing its leaves at the base; leaves 15-20 cm, long, appressed-brown-lepidote beneath becoming glabrous, sheaths densely imbricate, elliptic, 2 cm, long; scape distinct, elongate; scape-bracts elliptic, acuminate, membranaceous: inflorescence 2-4-flowered, its axis to 3 cm. long; floral bracts broadly elliptic, obtuse or apiculate, 3-4 cm, long, membranaceous; flowers slenderly pedicellate; sepals 4-6 cm. long, thin, red, high-connate in a slender tube, free lobes broadly ovate, acute; petals to 8 cm. long, bright green.
Description - Scandent; stem elongate, 3-4 ram. in diameter, finally losing its leaves at the base; leaves 15-20 cm, long, appressed-brown-lepidote beneath becoming glabrous, sheaths densely imbricate, elliptic, 2 cm, long; scape distinct, elongate; scape-bracts elliptic, acuminate, membranaceous: inflorescence 2-4-flowered, its axis to 3 cm. long; floral bracts broadly elliptic, obtuse or apiculate, 3-4 cm, long, membranaceous; flowers slenderly pedicellate; sepals 4-6 cm. long, thin, red, high-connate in a slender tube, free lobes broadly ovate, acute; petals to 8 cm. long, bright green.