Aechmea romeroi L.B.Sm.
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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 many in a broadly funnelform rosette, to 55 cm. long, exceeding the inflorescence, diffusely punctulate-lepidote, sheaths broadly elliptic, 15 cm. long, pale green, blades ligulate, rounded and apiculate, 5-6 cni, wide, uniformly green except for a paler median channel toward the base, laxly serrulate with flat spreading or ascending spines 2 mm. long; scape curved, 5 mm. in diameter; scape-bracts thin, quickly deciduous; inflorescence sublaxly bipinnate from about 8 spikes, glabrous at least in age; primary bracts broadly lanceolate, acuminate, 7 cm. long, membranaceous, red; branches simple, divergent to spreading peduncles 4 cm. long, strongly flattened; spikes lance-oblong, 10 cm. long, 25 mm. wide, strongly complanate; rhachis slender; floral bracts very broadly ovate, acute, 2 mm. equaling or exceeding the sepals, stramineous; sepals free, lance-oblong, slightly asymmetric, over 15 mm. long (tip decayed), thin, nerved; ovary ellipsoid, stout, 6 mm. long, epigynous tube short but distinct, placentae apical; ovules caudate.