Vriesea splitgerberi (Mez) L.B.Sm. & Pittendr.
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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. Splitgerber 966 (holotype L, US photo), near Blauwe Berg, upper Suriname River, Suriname.
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Synonyms
Guzmania splitgerberi Mez, Guzmania capituligera Mez, Thecophyllum splitgerberi (Mez) Pittendr.
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Description
Description - Plant flowering 1-1.5 m high. Leaves in a spreading rosette, 4-12 dm long, minutely pale-lepidote; sheaths elliptic, 12-15 cm long, pale brown; blades ligulate, acuminate, 4-7 cm wide, green. Scape erect, 12 mm in diameter; scape-bracts densely imbricate, subfoliaceous. Inflorescence bipinnate, dense toward the apex, more or less interrupted below, 2-6 dm long, 1-2 dm in diameter; primary bracts spreading, broadly ovate, the lower with a narrowly triangular blade exceeding the spikes, the upper apiculate and shorter than the spikes; spikes divergent to spreading, stipitate, densely ovoid or ellipsoid, 5-7 cm long. Floral bracts polystichous, broadly elliptic, obtuse, to 33 mm long, exceeding the sepals, subchartaceous, carinate toward the apex, minutely lepidote; flowers subsessile. Sepals subfree, oblong, rounded and apiculate, 20-24 mm long, coriaceous, even, lustrous; petals linear, obtuse, 25 mm long, white, bearing 2 linear obtuse largely adnate scales. Capsule about equaling the sepals; coma white.
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Distribution
Epiphytic in forest, 80-950 m alt, Costa Rica to Peru, Trinidad, Tobago, Suriname, and Amazonian Brazil.
Costa Rica South America| Cartago Costa Rica Central America| Vaupés Colombia South America| Amazonas Colombia South America| Putumayo Colombia South America| Delta Amacuro Venezuela South America| Venezuela South America| Bolívar Venezuela South America| Trinidad and Tobago South America| Guyana South America| Peru South America| Puno Peru South America| Brazil South America| Roraima Brazil South America|