Vriesea lutheri Manzanares & W.Till[as Vriesea lutheri (Manzanares & Till) J R Grant]

Observations: —This new species differs from the related Vriesea castaneo-bulbosa (Mez & Werckle) J. R. Grant by its 8 cm spikes and non 10-3 cm, the sterile base with no sterile bracts, the floral bracts somewhat cucullate apex with a densely gray lepidote and the 1.7 cm long sepal non 2-2.3 cm.

It differs from Vriesea incurva (Griseb.) R. W. Read by its dense inflorescence, no sterile bracts at the base, the 3-4 sterile bracts at the apex of the spike; the floral bracts obovate, carinate, subcucullate and with a hyaline margin.

Edited from : Manzanares & Till 2000b. Vriesea lutheri, a New Species from Ecuador .