Tillandsia sueae Ehlers[as Tillandsia sueae R Ehlers]

Diagnose: —A Tillandsia parryi Baker, cui affinis, characteribus sequentibus differt: rosula rariter cum prolibus; rami inflorescentiae adscendenti-patentes; bracteae florigerae latiores statu sicco rhachidem plusminusve celantes, carinatae; sepala latiora, ovata, posteriores viventes obtusiter carinata sed sicca carinata; petala violacea. Plerumque epiphytica.A T thyrsigera E. Morren ex Baker, cui versimiliter etiam affinis, habitu minore, spicis multo brevioribus angustioribusque et sepalis minoribus ecarinatis recedit.

Observations: —Tillandsia sueae differs from T parryi Baker in the following
Plant not producing offsets;
Inflorescence branches spreading-ascending;
Floral bracts slightly carinate;
Rachis not visible at anthesis;
Sepals ovate and the posterior ones carinate;
Petals violet, flowering after daybreak, not nocturnal;
Epiphytic.
From Tillandsia thysigera E. Morren ex Baker, it differs in the
Smaller size,
Much shorter and narrower spikes
Nerved, carinate sepals.

Edited from : Ehlers 1991d. (protologue) A new Tillandsia Species: Tillandsia sueae .