Tillandsia penlandii L.B.Sm.
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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 - Stemless, 6 dm, high; leaves 3 dm. long, the outer greatly reduced, sheaths elliptic, forming a large ellipsoid pseudobulb, densely and minutely appresscd-lepidote, dark castaneous toward base, blades involute and contorted, densely pale-lepidote; scape erect, slender, pale-lepidote; scape-bracts broadly elliptic, their linear contorted blades exceeding the internodes; inflorescence lax, 4-pinnate, sub-cylindric, 3 dm. long, 8 cm. in diameter, white-flocculose; lower primary bracts like the scape-bracts, the others apiculate; branches with up to 10 spikes; spikes densely few-flowered, 10-15 mm. long; rhachis slender, geniculate; floral bracts not at all concealing the rhachis; flowers subspreading; sepals 5 mm. long, diffusely lepidote; petals slightly exserted, pale fiavous; stamens included.