Tillandsia kegeliana Mez
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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 many, 12-17 cm. long, sheaths broadly ovate, over 3 cm. long, membranaceous, castaneous-lepidote, blades often secund, linear-triangular, involute-subulate, acuminate, 5 mm. wide, densely pale-lepidote; scape ascending, slender, very short, glabrous; scapebracts densely imbricate, lance-ovate, long-caudate, appressed-lepidote; inflorescence simple, exceeded by the leaves, elliptic, strongly complanate, 40-55 mm. long, 30-35 mm. wide, 6-8-flowered; floral bracts densely imbricate, acuminate from a broadly elliptic base, 3 cm. long, 16 mm. wide, bright red when living, thin, minutely rugulose when dry, obscurely lepidote to glabrous; pedicels short; sepals elliptic, obtuse, 2 cm. long, coriaceous when dry, slightly nerved; petals over 4 cm.; dark purple; stamens exserted; capsule sub-prismatic, over 5 cm. long.