Tillandsia spiculosa var. spiculosa
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Description
Plant with a narrow-crateriform or (sub-) spreading, 12-32 cm tall (rarely taller) rosette. Leaves 10-38 cm long, the outer ones rarely much reduced; sheaths suborbicular or broadly ovate, not over 15 cm long, densely and minutely appressed-lepidote; blades arching, ligulate, broadly rounded or obtuse. Inflorescence with spreading branches; scape subglabrous; axis often (sub-) straight; rachis sparsely lepidote. Sepals 4.5-6 mm long, sparsely lepidote in part.
Distribution
Columbia present, N. Brazil present, Republica Dominicana present, Southern America: Bolivia (Bolivia present); Costa Rica (Costa Rica present); Panamá (Panamá present), Surinam present
Costa Rica, Panama, Republica Dominicana, Columbia to Surinam, Bolivia und N. Brazil. 15 collections studied (6 — GU, 2 — SU, 3 — FG).