Santa Cruz, Rio Huamcamba and the Olmos Valley, Cajamarca, Peru.
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.
Found between 1,500m – 2000m. Grows on rocks, rock crevasses, barren land and shrubby alpine grassland (Paramo).
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.
Family | Bromeliacea |
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Color | pink, purple |