Tillandsia vicentina var. wuelfinghoffii E.Gross.[as Tillandsia vicentina var. wuelfinghoffii E Gross]

Observations: —Differs from var. vicentina by the following
Sheath 4cm ( not 2cm) wide
Blade 15mm (not 6-8mm) wide
Blade of primary bract well exceeds the spike
Spike to 3cm long (not 4-7cm) not digitally arranged
Petals to 3cm (not 4cm) long
var. vicentina
Leaf sheath 15-20mm wide, blade 6-8mm wide, flat, blade of primary bract as long or longer than the lower spikes, spikes 4-7cm long, arranged densely digitate or pinnate, petal 4cm long

var. wuelfinghoffii
Leaf sheath 40mm wide, blade next to sheath 15mm wide, channelled, blade of the primary bract widely exceeds the spike, spike 3cm long, not arranged digitately, petals 3cm long.

Edited from : Rauh 1987b. Bromelienstudien (Mitteilung 19). I. Neue und wenig bekannte Arten aus Peru und anderen Ländern .