Pitcairnia bakeri (André) André ex Mez
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Authority
Smith, Lyman B. & Downs, Robert J. 1974. Pitcairnioideae (Bromeliaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 14 (1): 1-658. (Published by NYBG Press)
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Family
Bromeliaceae
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Scientific Name
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Type
TYPE. André 3391 (holotype, K), San Pablo, Nariño, Colombia, May 1876.
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Description
Description - Plant caulescent, flowering 1.8-2.4 m high; stem prostrate, 2 cm in diameter when dry, dark castaneous, densely foliate. Leaves apparently dimorphic, some with large triangular-ovate sheaths and greatly reduced blades, others to 1.2 m long, with distinct petiole and broad blade; sheaths suborbicular, 4-5 cm in diameter, dark castaneous, covered with a brown membrane of coalesced scales, coriaceous; petioles elongate, to 13 mm wide, channeled, subdensely armed with straight dark spines to 3 mm long; blades linear-lanceolate, attenuate, nearly 8 cm wide, entire, glabrous. Scape straight, 1 cm in diameter, covered with spreading ferruginous scales; scape-bracts densely imbricate, the lower subfoliaceous. Inflorescence very densely cylindric, obtuse, 17-35 cm long, 6-7 cm in diameter. Floral bracts strict, broadly ovate, triangular-acute, 5 cm long, thin, purple-castaneous, rugose in transverse bands, brown- or ferruginous-farinose; pedicels very stout, obconic. Sepals broad, rounded, 4 cm long, thick; petals broadly rounded, cucullate, retuse, 7-8 cm long, lepidote, bearing a large triangular ligule at base; anthers 15 mm long; ovary about half superior.
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Distribution
Terrestrial and epiphytic, moist woods, 150-1200 m alt, southwestern Colombia and northern Ecuador.
Colombia South America| Nariño Colombia South America| Napo Ecuador South America|