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 - Plant 3-5 dm. high, usually spreading: by elongate scaly rhizomes; leaves 15-20 in a spreading rosette, to 7 dm. long, obscurely punctulate-lepidote, sheaths short and indistinct, castaneous toward the base, blades broadly acute or rounded, apiculate, 4-8 cm. wide; scape erect, somewhat shorter than the leaves; scape-bracts densely imbricate, somewhat shorter than the leaves; scape-bracts densley imbricate, broadly elliptic, acute or acuminate, subinflated; bright rose; inflorescence 12-25-flowered, glabrous floral bracts broadly obovate, apiculate, about half as long as the sepals and enfolding the base of the flower, coriaceous, bright rose; flowers subsessile; sepals 25-45 mm. long, oblong, obtuse, cucullate, coriaceous, yellowish; petals included at anthesis; stamens shorter than the petals.
Description - Plant 3-5 dm. high, usually spreading: by elongate scaly rhizomes; leaves 15-20 in a spreading rosette, to 7 dm. long, obscurely punctulate-lepidote, sheaths short and indistinct, castaneous toward the base, blades broadly acute or rounded, apiculate, 4-8 cm. wide; scape erect, somewhat shorter than the leaves; scape-bracts densely imbricate, somewhat shorter than the leaves; scape-bracts densley imbricate, broadly elliptic, acute or acuminate, subinflated; bright rose; inflorescence 12-25-flowered, glabrous floral bracts broadly obovate, apiculate, about half as long as the sepals and enfolding the base of the flower, coriaceous, bright rose; flowers subsessile; sepals 25-45 mm. long, oblong, obtuse, cucullate, coriaceous, yellowish; petals included at anthesis; stamens shorter than the petals.