Tillandsia abysmophila L.B.Sm. & Steyermark[as Tillandsia abysmophila L. B. Smith & Steyermark]

Diagnose: —Verisimiliter acaulis, florifera ca. 6 dm alta. Folia ca. 5 dm longa, subtus squamis adpressis cinereis in centro atris dense vestita; vaginis ellipticis, 10 cm longis, supra lepidotis; laminis ligulatis, acuminatis, 3 cm latis, supra glabris. Scapus erectus, gracilis; scapi bracteis subfoliaceis, dense imbricatis. Inflorescentia laxe bipinnatim paniculata, 26 cm longa, glabra; bracteis primariis late , ovatis, quam spicis brevioribus, inferioribus lineari-laminatis; spicis divergentibus, sessilibus, lineari-lanceolatis, 8.5 cm longis, 1.5 cm latis, complanatis. Bracteae florigerae ovatae, acutae, 25 mm longae, carinatae, rigidae, laevigatae. Sepala linearia, acuta, 22 mm longa, bracteis florigeris inclusa, posteriora carinata, alte connata.

Edited from : Annals of Missouri Bot. Garden, Vol 73, 714-5,. (1986)