Tillandsia adpressiflora Mez

• Region

  South America

• Country

  French Guiana

• State/Province

  Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni

• County/Municipio

  Saül Comm.

• Locality

  Saül and vicinity, Sentier Botanique 0-700 m from entrance.

• Elevation

  Alt. 200 - 300 m. (656 - 984 ft.)

• Coordinates

  3.62, -52.2

• Location Notes

  [South America]

• Distribution

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3°37'N, 52° 12'W	ca. 200-300 m
Saul and vicinity. Sentier Botanique, 0-700 m from
entrance.
Non-flooded moist forest.
Plant forming a crateriform rosette of yellow-green (some
what cinnereous below) leaves. Inflorescence to over 150
cm long, with about 12 axilary branches, red and yellow
at the end of the branches. Floral bracts erect, but the
flowers turning somewhat downward secund. Petels
erect, purple, including the stamens. Not very common
epiphyte.
Separate: Photos by Carol Gracie
A.R.A. Gorts- van Rijn, E.J. Gouda, nr 86
S. Mori, C. Gracie, P. Acevedo, 22 May 1992
P. Anderson & B. Angell
FLORA OF FRENCH GUIANA
Institute of Systematic Botany, Utrecht (U)
Bromeliaceae
Tillandsia
adpressiflora Mez
Det. E.J. Gouda
5/'92
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