Tillandsia schimperiana Wittm.
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Authority
Smith, Lyman B. 1957. The Bromeliaceae of Colombia. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 33: i-v, 1-311.
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Family
Bromeliaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Description - Leaves 7 dm. long, sheaths elliptic, large, blades acuminate, sparsely punctulate-lepidote beneath; scape straight, stout; scape-bracts densely imbricate, foliaceous; primary bracts suberect, acuminate, exceeding the spikes; spikes subsessile, elliptic, acute, 45 mm. long, 20 mm. wide, complanate, 6-9-flowered; floral bracts densely imbricate, elliptic, broadly acute, 22 mm. long, equaling or slightly exceeding the sepals, incurved, carinate, coriaceous, even, glabrous; sepals oblong-elliptic, obtuse, to 21 mm. long; petal-blades narrowly elliptic. 7 mm, long; stamens included.