Puya hamata L.B.Sm.
-
Authority
Smith, Lyman B. 1957. The Bromeliaceae of Colombia. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 33: i-v, 1-311.
-
Family
Bromeliaceae
-
Scientific Name
-
Description
Deprecated: mb_convert_encoding(): Handling HTML entities via mbstring is deprecated; use htmlspecialchars, htmlentities, or mb_encode_numericentity/mb_decode_numericentity instead in /home/emu/nybgweb/www-dev/htdocs/science-dev/wp-content/themes/nybgscience/lib/VHMonographsDetails.php on line 179
Description - Leaves 7-15 dm. long, the sheaths ample, serrulate toward apex, the blades linear, acuminate, pungent, 2-3 cm. wide, flat, glabrous above, beneath minutely pale-lepidote between the nerves, laxly serrate with large hooked teeth; scape erect, very stout; inflorescence cylindric, very densely bipinnate, densely lanate; primary bracts acuminate from an ovate base, exceeding the axillary branches at anthesis, entire, racemes subglabrous, subsessile; floral bracts elliptic, acute, entire, about equaling the sepals, chartaceous when dry; pedicels stout, about 1 cm. long, sepals to 23 mm. long, ecarinate, coriaceous; petals obtuse, 4 cm. long, dark blue.