Viridantha secundifolia (Ehlers) Hern.-Cárdenas, E  

plant saxicolous, flowering 10–13 cm tall, 12–14 cm diameter; rosettes acaulescent, solitary or caespitose, falcate in outline. leaves numerous, longer than the inflorescence; sheath pale brown on both surfaces, broadly oblong to nearly square, 1–1.2 cm long, 0.8–1.1 cm wide, glabrous towards the base on both surfaces; blade falcate, densely white-greyish lepidote, narrowly triangular, 4.5–7 cm long, 0.5– 0.8 cm wide, apical portion long attenuate. inflorescence short pedunculated, falcate, one-branched, with 3–5 spikes; peduncle 1–1.5 cm long, 3–5 mm diameter, covered by the peduncle bracts; peduncle bracts similar to the leaves but reducing in size towards the apical portion, densely white-greyish lepidote; spikes reddish-rose, erect and appressed, flattened, elliptic, 2.5–3.5 cm long, 1–1.5 cm wide. flowers distichous, erect and appressed, 3–5 by spike; floral bracts reddish-rose at the apex, yellowish-green towards the base, ovate, 1.8–2 cm long, 0.7–1.2 cm wide, apex acute to acuminate, ecarinate to slightly carinate at the apex, lepidote abaxially; sepals pale green, lanceolate, 1.2–1.5 cm long, 0.3–0.4 cm wide, apex acute, the two adaxial ones carinate, lepidote abaxially; petals dark green, narrowly oblong, 2–2.5 cm long, 0.25–0.3 cm wide, apex rounded to obtuse. stamens: filament white, 1.4–1.6 cm long; anther pale to dark green, 2.5–3 mm long. pistil: ovary broadly ovoid, 3.5–4.5 mm long, 2.5–3.5 mm diameter; style white, 6–10 mm long, included; style* branches green. fruits 1.5–1.8 cm long, 5–8 mm diameter; seeds fusiform, 3–4 mm long, coma 0.8–1.2 cm long.

Edited from : Hernandez et al 2019b. Novelties in the genus Viridantha Espejo (Tillandsioideae, Bromeliaceae) .