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 - Stemless, 5-6 dm. high; leaves numerous, 25-41 cm. long, sheaths elliptic, finely brown-lepidote, red-striped, blades linear, acute, 20-35 mm- wide, subglabrous; scape erect, slender, glabrous; scape-bracts strict, ovate, acute; primary bracts like the scape-bracts; 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 erects ovate, obtuse, 15 mm, long, ecarinate, coriaceous with a narrow thin margin; flowers glabrous; pedicels very short; sepals slightly asymmetric, obtuse, exceeding the floral bracts after anthesis; petals white or greenish yellow, 20 mm. long.
Description - Stemless, 5-6 dm. high; leaves numerous, 25-41 cm. long, sheaths elliptic, finely brown-lepidote, red-striped, blades linear, acute, 20-35 mm- wide, subglabrous; scape erect, slender, glabrous; scape-bracts strict, ovate, acute; primary bracts like the scape-bracts; 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 erects ovate, obtuse, 15 mm, long, ecarinate, coriaceous with a narrow thin margin; flowers glabrous; pedicels very short; sepals slightly asymmetric, obtuse, exceeding the floral bracts after anthesis; petals white or greenish yellow, 20 mm. long.