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 - Short-caulescent, to 7 dm. high; leaves 12-20, fascicled, petiole distinct, dark-spinose toward base, blade lanceolate, 40 cm. long, 7.5-10 cm. wide, entire, glabrous, scape stout, shorter than the leaves; scape-bracts imbricate, elliptic-ovate, acuminate, inflorescence densely cylindric, arching, 25 cm. long; rhachis long-lanate; floral bracts elliptic, acute, to 7 cm. long, bright red; pedicels to 10 mm. long; sepals to 5 cm. long, carinate toward base, soon glabrous, bright red; petals 75 mm. long, pale flavous, bearing very large scales; anthers 16 mm. long; ovary almost wholly superior; ovules caudate.
Description - Short-caulescent, to 7 dm. high; leaves 12-20, fascicled, petiole distinct, dark-spinose toward base, blade lanceolate, 40 cm. long, 7.5-10 cm. wide, entire, glabrous, scape stout, shorter than the leaves; scape-bracts imbricate, elliptic-ovate, acuminate, inflorescence densely cylindric, arching, 25 cm. long; rhachis long-lanate; floral bracts elliptic, acute, to 7 cm. long, bright red; pedicels to 10 mm. long; sepals to 5 cm. long, carinate toward base, soon glabrous, bright red; petals 75 mm. long, pale flavous, bearing very large scales; anthers 16 mm. long; ovary almost wholly superior; ovules caudate.