Monographs Details:
Authority:

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

Bromeliaceae
Synonyms:

Sodiroa pearcei Baker
Description:

Description - Stem to 1 m long, 2 mm in diameter. Leaves to 22 cm long, sheaths densely imbricate, ovate, 25 mm long, appressed-brown-lepidote becoming glabrous, blades linear, filiform-acuminate, flat, 2-4 mm wide. Scape distinct; scape-bracts elliptic, red with green blades. Inflorescence simple, involucrate; outer and floral bracts broadly elliptic, much exceeded by the sepals, red. Sepals 35-55 mm long, high-connate in a slender tube, the free lobes broadly ovate, yellow; petals much exceeding the sepals, green.

Distribution:

Colombia South America| Cauca Colombia South America| Putumayo Colombia South America| Ecuador South America| Napo Ecuador South America| Zamora Ecuador South America|