Nidularium lymansmithii Leme[as Nidularium lymansmithii (Leme) Leme,]

Observations: —DISCUSSION
Although pollen fertility was not analyzed in this taxon due to the lack of material, it has a history comparable to the nothospecies treated above, and this, plus its aberrant flower morphology, are sure indications of a hybrid origin. The morphology of X Niduregelia lyman-smithii points to a cross between Ni. procerum and Neoregelia sp, just as in the other nothospecies. The leaves of this nothospecies are much more coriaceous than those of Nidularium, but leaf texture is comparable to that of many species of Neoregelia (e. g.,
Ne. cruenta). The inflorescence is centrally simple, and the fascicles have a proportionately greater number of flowers (ca. 10) and are even pulvinate like those depicted by Ule (1899) for the natural hybrid of Ni. utriculosum and Ne. cruenta.The petals are light blue and have a subacute apex that is not cucullate; they become slightly spirally twisted and reddish after anthesis. Finally, the anthers of X Niduregelia lyman-smithii are dorsifixed to 1/3 their length above the base and the ovary is subcomplanate, traits that also attest to the influence of Neoregelia.

Edited from : Nidularium, Brom of Atl For. 180-81.. (2000)