Tillandsia denudata André

  • Authority

    Smith, Lyman B. 1957. The Bromeliaceae of Colombia. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 33: i-v, 1-311.

  • Family

    Bromeliaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Tillandsia denudata André

  • Description

    Description - Stemless, 1-3 meters high; leaves 5-8 dm. long, sheaths large, elliptic, minutely appressed-lepidote, dark castaneous at least toward base, blades ligulate, acute, 5-8 cm, wide, glabrous above; scape erect, stout; scape-bracts imbricate, the lower foliaceous, the upper subfoliaceous or lanceolate; inflorescence narrowly pyramidal; primary bracts ovate, mostly shorter than the long bracteate sterile bases of the branches; spikes lanceolate to linear, acute, complanate, 4-27 cm. long, dense; rhachis flexuous, quadrangular, alate; floral bracts imbricate, broadly ovate, acute, 15-20 mm. long, exceeding the sepals, faintly carinate, coriaceous, even and sublustrous-castaneous except the margins; sepals nearly free, elliptic, obtuse; petals blue; capsules subprismatic, to 4 cm. long.