Location ²

Santa Cruz, Rio Huamcamba and the Olmos Valley, Cajamarca, Peru.

Description ²

Medium-sized, lithophytic and epiphytic bromeliad. Leaves narrowly triangular, 40-50cm long, has cinereous scales, brownish towards the centre, has a general silvery-greenish appearance with five longitudinal whitish stripes along the blades. Inflorescence is cylindrical with 10-14 overlapping soft pink bracts, green sepals and red-purple petals. Stamens are exserted.

Habitat Type ²

Found between 1,500m – 2000m. Grows on rocks, rock crevasses, barren land and shrubby alpine grassland (Paramo).

References ²

Luther, H.E. 1995. Some bromeliads flowering at the Mary Selby Botanical Garden. Journal of the Bromeliad Society 45(5): 210-212.

Oliva-Esteva, F. 2000. Bromeliads. Armitano, Caracas.

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Más información

• NaturaLista página del taxón
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• World Flora Online

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