Tillandsia valenzuelana A.Rich.

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Bromeliaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Tillandsia valenzuelana A.Rich.

  • Description

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    Species Description - Plants usually clustered on trees or shrubs, densely appressed-scurfy. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, gradually attenuate from near the base, soft in texture, 4 dm. long or less, the lower often as long as the flowering stems, their bases 2-4 cm. wide, the upper similar, much smaller; spikes few or several, rather loosely flowered, 7-12 cm. long; bracts pink, numerous, 1.5-2 em. long, oblong-lanceolate, acute; sepals lanceolate, rather shorter than the bracts; petals blue, 2-3 cm. long; capsules linear-prismatic, about twice as long as the bracts.

  • Distribution

    On trees in coppices, Marsh Harbor, Abaco : Florida ; Cuba, Jamaica ; Mexico to Colombia. Yalenzuela's Wild Pine.

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