Tillandsia denudata André
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Authority
Smith, Lyman B. & Downs, Robert J. 1977. Tillandsioideae (Bromeliaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 14 (2): 663-1492. (Published by NYBG Press)
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Family
Bromeliaceae
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Scientific Name
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Type
Type. André 1358 e p (lectotype K, US photo), Salto de Tequendama, 2100 m alt, Cundinamarca, Colombia, Feb 1876.
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Description
Description - Plant stemless, flowering 1-3 m high. Leaves 5-8 dm long; sheaths large, elliptic, minutely appressed-lepidote, dark castaneous at least toward base; blades ligulate, acute, 5-8 cm wide, glabrous above. Scape erect, stout; scape-bracts imbricate, the lower foliaceous, the upper subfoliaceous or lanceolate. Inflorescence lax, bipinnate or subtripinnate, narrowly pyramidal; primary bracts ovate, mostly shorter than the long bracteate sterile bases of the branches; spikes nutant, lanceolate to linear, acute, complanate, 6-28-flowered, 4-27 cm long, dense; rhachis flexuous, quadrangular, alate, soon exposed. Floral bracts imbricate, broadly ovate, acute, 15-20 mm long, exceeding the sepals, faintly carinate, coriaceous, even and sublustrous-castaneous except the margins. Sepals nearly free, elliptic, obtuse, to 15 mm long, posteriorly carinate; petals blue. Capsules subprismatic, to 4 cm long.
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Distribution
Terrestrial and epiphytic in forest, 2000-3400 m alt, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru.
Colombia South America| Magdalena Colombia South America| Cundinamarca Colombia South America| Venezuela South America| Distrito Federal Venezuela South America| Táchira Venezuela South America| Ecuador South America| Carchi Ecuador South America| Peru South America| Amazonas Peru South America|