Monographs Details:
Authority:
Smith, Lyman B. & Downs, Robert J. 1977. Tillandsioideae (Bromeliaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 14 (2): 663-1492. (Published by NYBG Press)
Smith, Lyman B. & Downs, Robert J. 1977. Tillandsioideae (Bromeliaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 14 (2): 663-1492. (Published by NYBG Press)
Family:
Bromeliaceae
Bromeliaceae
Description:
Description - Plant stemless, 5-6 dm high. Leaves numerous, 25-41 cm long; sheaths elliptic, finely brown-lepidote, red-striped; blades acute, 20-35 mm wide, subglabrous. Scape erect, slender, glabrous; scape-bracts strict, ovate, acute, shorter than the internodes. Inflorescence simple or laxly bipinnate from 2-6 spikes; primary bracts like the scape-bracts, many times shorter than the spikes; spikes subcylindric, 2 cm in diameter, the terminal one 6 cm long and on a long scapelike stipe, the lateral smaller and short-stipitate. Floral bracts erect, ovate, obtuse, 15 mm long, ecarinate, coriaceous with a narrow thin margin, even or nearly so; flowers densely imbricate, at least toward apex, glabrous; pedicels very short. Sepals slightly asymmetric, obtuse, short-connate, exceeding the floral bracts after anthesis; petals white or greenish yellow, 20 mm long.
Description - Plant stemless, 5-6 dm high. Leaves numerous, 25-41 cm long; sheaths elliptic, finely brown-lepidote, red-striped; blades acute, 20-35 mm wide, subglabrous. Scape erect, slender, glabrous; scape-bracts strict, ovate, acute, shorter than the internodes. Inflorescence simple or laxly bipinnate from 2-6 spikes; primary bracts like the scape-bracts, many times shorter than the spikes; spikes subcylindric, 2 cm in diameter, the terminal one 6 cm long and on a long scapelike stipe, the lateral smaller and short-stipitate. Floral bracts erect, ovate, obtuse, 15 mm long, ecarinate, coriaceous with a narrow thin margin, even or nearly so; flowers densely imbricate, at least toward apex, glabrous; pedicels very short. Sepals slightly asymmetric, obtuse, short-connate, exceeding the floral bracts after anthesis; petals white or greenish yellow, 20 mm long.
Distribution:
Costa Rica South America| Puntarenas Costa Rica Central America| San José Costa Rica Central America| Antioquia Colombia South America| Tolima Colombia South America| Venezuela South America| Aragua Venezuela South America| Yaracuy Venezuela South America| Zulia Venezuela South America| Manabí Ecuador South America| Pichincha Ecuador South America| Brazil South America| Amazonas Brazil South America|
Costa Rica South America| Puntarenas Costa Rica Central America| San José Costa Rica Central America| Antioquia Colombia South America| Tolima Colombia South America| Venezuela South America| Aragua Venezuela South America| Yaracuy Venezuela South America| Zulia Venezuela South America| Manabí Ecuador South America| Pichincha Ecuador South America| Brazil South America| Amazonas Brazil South America|