Tillandsia rhomboidea André
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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 - Stemless; leaves stiff, 15-20 cm. long, densely cinereous-lepidote, sheaths large, elliptic, blades narrowly triangular, filiform-acuminate; scape short but distinct, erect, stout; scape-bracts imbricate, subfoliaceous; inflorescence 10-12 cm. long, about equaling the leaves; rhachis not excavated; floral bracts broadly rhombic, acute and apiculate, twice as long as the sepals, rose-purple, sparsely lepidote, the median nerve prominent; sepals lanceolate, acute, free anteriorly, completely connate posteriorly; petals three times as long as the sepals, about equaling the stamens, violet, their blades spreading to recurved, broadly obovate.