Guzmania wittmackii (André) André ex 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 to 85 cm. long, minutely and obscurely lepidote, sheaths elliptic, over 16 cm. long, brown, blades ligulate, acuminate, 2-3 cm. wide; scape 8 mm. in diameter, curved; scape-bracts suberect, foliaceous, densely imbricate, red distally; primary bracts foliaceous, to 4 dm. long; fascicles few-flowered; floral bracts oblong, obtuse, ample, enfolding and exceeding the sepals; sepals linear, acuminate, 4 cm. long, free, membranaceous; corolla white, 7-9 cm. long.