Vriesea macrostachya (Bello) Mez

• Authority

  Smith, Lyman B. & Downs, Robert J. 1977. Tillandsioideae (Bromeliaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 14 (2): 663-1492. (Published by NYBG Press)

• Family

  Bromeliaceae

• Scientific Name

  Vriesea macrostachya (Bello) Mez

• Type

  Type. Unknown, species typified by description without citation.

• Synonyms

  Tillandsia platynema Griseb., Caraguata macrostachya Bello, Neovriesia macrostachya (Bello) Britton

• Description

  Description - Plant flowering 1 m or more high. Leaves 1 m long; sheaths large, dark brown; blades ligulate, 8 cm wide, rounded-apiculate, concolorous. Scape very stout, erect; scape-bracts ovate-elliptic, acute, densely imbricate. Inflorescence simple, 5-7 dm long, many-flowered; rhachis over 1 cm thick at the base. Floral bracts broadly ovate, 6 cm long, about equaling the sepals, with decurrent auricles, ecarinate, coriaceous; flowers spreading, not secund; pedicels stout, 13 mm long. Sepals ovate, obtuse, 42 mm long, 17 mm wide. Coma whitish.

• Distribution

  Cuba South America| Oriente Cuba South America| Haiti South America| Puerto Rico South America| Maricao Puerto Rico South America|