Pitcairnia trianae André
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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
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Description - Flowering shoot to 2 meters high; leaves numerous, 12 dm. long, sheaths broadly ovate, dark castaneous, blades linear, acuminate, narrowed toward the spinose base but not petiole, 3-4 cm. wide, soon glabrous; scape straight, very stout, at first white-arachnoid; scape-bracts strict, very narrowly triangular, the lower spinose-serrate, the upper entire, shorter than the internodes; inflorescence many-flowered, very dense except toward the base 3-5 dm. long; axis straight, stout, arachnoid; floral bracts triangular-ovate; flowers spreading to reflexed ; pedicels very slender; sepals oblong, obtuse, ecarinate; petals obtuse, 35-45 mm. long, equaling the stamens, white or pale yellow, naked; ovary at least ¾ superior; ovules short-caudate.