Cryptanthus bivittatus var. luddemannii Baker

; 0 ; more robust than the type, leaves 2 in; broad, much tinged with brown, and the two vertical vittae almost or quite confluent into a broad- band occupying more than half of the centre of the face of the blade.

Edited from (24-03-2014): Baker 1889. (protologue) Handbook of the Bromeliaceae .