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 - Stem to 1 meter long; 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 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.
Description - Stem to 1 meter long; 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 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.