Vriesea tillii Manzan.[as Vriesea tillii (Manzanares) Grant]

Diagnose: —A Vriesea heterandra (Andre) L.B. Smith habitu majore, rosula subbulbosa, inflorescentia subdigitata, spicis longe stipitatis, bracteis florigeris subcarinatis peradpresse lepidotis, sepalis longioribus coriaceis et petalis minoribus differt.

Observations: —Vriesea tillii appears to be related to Vriesea heterandra (Andre) L.B. Smith and Vriesea appenii Rauh
The plant differs from Vriesea heterandra (Andre) L.B. Smith by: being a larger plant, subbulbose, inflorescence subdigitate, longer spikes, sepals larger and lanceolate, and petals being smaller.

It differs from Vriesea appenii Rauh by: being a smaller plant with shorter leaves, possessing a curved scape, a subdigitate inflorescence, the base and tip of the floral bract densely lepidote, and by having glabrous sepals.
Vriesea appenii Rauh has been found only in the coastal province of El Oro in Ecuador at 400-550 m, near the city of Pasaje.

Edited from : Manzanares 1998. (protologue) Vriesea tillii, a New Species from Ecuador .