Tillandsia kegeliana Mez
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Authority
Smith, Lyman B. & Downs, Robert J. 1977. Tillandsioideae (Bromeliaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 14 (2): 663-1492. (Published by NYBG Press)
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Family
Bromeliaceae
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Scientific Name
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Type
Type. Kegel 881 (lectotype GOET, US photo), Paramaribo, Suriname.
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Description
Description - Plant stemless. Leaves many, 12-17 cm long, sheaths broadly ovate, over 3 cm long, membranaceous, castaneous-lepidote, blades often secund, linear-triangular, involute-subulate, 5 mm wide, densely pale-lepidote, sometimes red-margined. Scape ascending, slender, very short, glabrous; scape-bracts densely imbricate, lance-ovate, long-caudate, appressed-lepidote. Inflorescence simple, exceeded by the leaves, elliptic, strongly complanate, 40-55 mm long, 30-35 mm wide, 6-8-flowered. Floral bracts densely imbricate, acuminate from a broadly elliptic base, 3 cm long, 16 mm wide, fleshy, bright red when living, thin, minutely rugulose and blackish when dry, obscurely lepidote to glabrous; pedicels short. Sepals free, elliptic, obtuse, 2 cm long, coriaceous when dry, ecarinate, densely lepidote, slightly nerved; petals over 4 cm long, dark purple; stamens exserted. Capsule subprismatic, over 5 cm long.
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Distribution
Epiphytic in forest, 250-800 m alt, Panama to northeastern Brazil.
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