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 - Terrestrial, growing in dense masses, 45-60 cm. high; leaves 30-45 cm. long, the sheaths broadly elliptic, 5 cm. long, dark castaneous, the blades linear, acuminate, 23 mm. wide, narrowed at the base; inflorescenses few-flowered, dense, compressed, 4 cm. long; primary bracts broadly elliptic, thick-subulate at the apex, 25-30 mm. long, much exceeding the sepals, the center and apex coriaceous and castaneous, elsewhere thin and green, sparsely appressed-brown-lepidote, the outer ones entire, the inner sometimes bearing a few minute teeth; floral bracts broadly lanceolate, 22 mm. long, membranaceous except for the thick-subulate apex, entire, sparsely lepidote; flowers sessile; sepals triangular-ovate, acute, 11 mm. long, thin, sparsely lepidote; petals 22 mm. long, nearly white, lepidote outside.
Description - Terrestrial, growing in dense masses, 45-60 cm. high; leaves 30-45 cm. long, the sheaths broadly elliptic, 5 cm. long, dark castaneous, the blades linear, acuminate, 23 mm. wide, narrowed at the base; inflorescenses few-flowered, dense, compressed, 4 cm. long; primary bracts broadly elliptic, thick-subulate at the apex, 25-30 mm. long, much exceeding the sepals, the center and apex coriaceous and castaneous, elsewhere thin and green, sparsely appressed-brown-lepidote, the outer ones entire, the inner sometimes bearing a few minute teeth; floral bracts broadly lanceolate, 22 mm. long, membranaceous except for the thick-subulate apex, entire, sparsely lepidote; flowers sessile; sepals triangular-ovate, acute, 11 mm. long, thin, sparsely lepidote; petals 22 mm. long, nearly white, lepidote outside.