Observations: —Differs from T. paraensis in
1. Plant larger.
2. Flowers much larger, zygomorphic, and purple-red.
3. Grows in the warm Rainforest of the Andes watershed in East Peru/ West BrazilEdited from : Mez 1935. Bromeliaceae (part 1-4) in Engler, A. (ed) Das Pflanzenreich.