Vriesea graciliscapa W.Weber[as Vriesea graciliscapa Weber]

Diagnose: —A Vriesea procera (Mart. ex Schult, f.) Wittm. 1891 var. debilis Mez 1894, cui affinis, altitudine valde minore, scapo pergracili, inflorescentia deflexa differt. Planta, florens usque ad 65 cm longa (expansa). Folia plus-minusve 12, arcuate recurvata, rosulam 20 cm diametientem formantia, concoloriter viridia, utrimque subglabra. Vaginae distincte limitatae, ovales, usque ad 35 mm longae, 30 mm latae, ad basim leviter pallide brunnescentes, indisatincte appresso-lepidotae. Laminae lingulatae, acuminatae et apiculatae, leviter canaliculatae, usque ad 12 cm longae, 15-20 mm latae. Scapus preflorens suberectus, ad anthesim subdeflexus, teres, gracillimus, glaber, viridis, 30 cm longus. Bracteae scapales erectae, scapum involventes, basales subfoliate laminatae, superiores breviter apiculatae, 24-27 mm longae, multo breviores quam internodia indistincte brunneo-purpureo maculatae. Inflorescentia simplex disticha, perlaxe plus-minusve 11-flora, 32 cm longa, ad 65 mm lata, ad anthesim pendens, rhachis leviter flexuosa. Flores 6 mm crasse stipitati, 35 mm longi, ante antesim suberecti, in anthesi valde divergente. Bracteae florales ovales, 25 mm longae, ad 10 mm latae, acutae, sepala et pedicellos involventes, virides, ad basim brunneo-purpureo maculatae, glabrae, ecarinatae, valde breviores quam sepala. Sepala libera, oblonge-lanoeolata, obtusa, 23 mm longa, 7 mm lata, coriacea, hyalino-marginata, ecarinata, flavo-viridia. Petala pallida flavescentia, tubulariter erecta, cum apicibus rotundatis modice incurvatis, 28 mm longa, 5 mm alto-connata, intus ad basim cum ligulis binis acutis 9 mm longis, 7 mm alto-adnatis. Stamina 18 mm longa, albida, inclusa, antherae lineares, basifixae. Ovarium longe conicum 5 mm altum. Stylus 17 mm longus, teres, pallide flavescens, stigmata minute papillosa. Leg. Alvim Seidel no. 939, Brasilia, Bahia, Ilheus 40-80 msm., floruit hort. Weberi 30. 7. 1983; Holotypus: WEB 586.

Observations: —Differs from Vriesea procera var. debilis
Much smaller in height
Scape very graceful
Inflorescence deflexed.

Edited from : Weber 1984b. (protologue) Die Bromeliaceae im Herbarium D.F.L. von Schlechtendals .