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 - Leaves over 4 dm., blades very narrowly lanceolate, to 3 cm. wide, glabrous, for the whole length bearing stout dark castaneous spines 4-5 mm. long; inflorescence rather few-flowered; outer bracts with bases broadly ovate, dark castaneous, sparsely lepidote, entire, broadly hyaline-margined, blades pale; floral bracts linear-lanceolate, acuminate, pungent, 4 cm. long, exceeded by the sepals, entire with a dorsal mucro, the lower part stramineous and membranaceous, the upper dark castaneous, coriaceous, sparsely lepidote; flowers 5-6 cm. long; sepals like the floral bracts, 20 mm. long; corolla 30-35 mm. long.
Description - Leaves over 4 dm., blades very narrowly lanceolate, to 3 cm. wide, glabrous, for the whole length bearing stout dark castaneous spines 4-5 mm. long; inflorescence rather few-flowered; outer bracts with bases broadly ovate, dark castaneous, sparsely lepidote, entire, broadly hyaline-margined, blades pale; floral bracts linear-lanceolate, acuminate, pungent, 4 cm. long, exceeded by the sepals, entire with a dorsal mucro, the lower part stramineous and membranaceous, the upper dark castaneous, coriaceous, sparsely lepidote; flowers 5-6 cm. long; sepals like the floral bracts, 20 mm. long; corolla 30-35 mm. long.