Mezobromelia fulgens L.B.Sm.[as Mezobromelia fulgens L. B. Smith]

Diagnose: —Florifera ultra 1.5 m. alta; foliis rosulatis, 5 cm. longis, utrinque minutissime dissiteque brunneo-lepidotis, vaginis magnis, ellipticis, laminis ligulatis, late rotundatis apiculatisque, 7 cm. latis, viridibus, concoloribus; scapo erecto, valido; scapi vaginis erectis, dense imbricatis, infimis foliaceis, supremis late ellipticis, ex sicco castaneis, apice acutis verisimiliter viridibus; inflorescentia laxe ampleque tripinnatim paniculata, fere 6 dm. longa, petalis exceptis omnino rubra ( ! Steyermark), ex sicco castanea; bracteis primariis e late ovato acutis, ad 6 cm. longis, bases applanatas nudas ramorum paulo superantibus, obscure punctulatolepidotis; ramis patentibus, ad 17 cm. longis, subdensis; spicis floribusque plus minusve deflexe secundis, spicis paucifloris; rhachi gracili, leviter geniculata; bracteis florigeris late ellipticis, obtusis, ecarinatis, sepala subaequantibus, ex sicco subchartaceis, nervatis, rhachin nullo modo obtegentibus; floribus suberectis; pedicellis validis, 4 mm. longis; sepalis ellipticis, obtusis, 21 mm. longis, ad 5 mm. connatis, bracteis similibus; petalis pallide olivaceis, alte conglutinatis, basi ligulis binis dentatis auctis, laminis ellipticis, 2 cm. longis, stamina superantibus.

Edited from : Smith & Downs 1977. (protologue) Tillandsioideae (Bromeliaceae). in Flora Neotropica.