Tillandsia achyrostachys
Tillandsia (Tillandsia) achyrostachys É. Morren ex Baker (1889)
March 10th, 2024 (Left: front, Right: side)
- The erect inflorescence was simple and grew from the growing point.
- The spike was flat and relatively thick.
- The inflorescence was L 240 - 260 mm.
- The peduncle was L 100 - 120 mm.
- The spike was L 140 mm, W 17 mm, and t 10 mm.
Smith and Downs (1974, 1977)
- Scape
- erect
- Scape-bractes
- densely imbricate, the lower foliaceous, the upper broadly elliptic, filiform-caudate or apiculate, chartaceous, densely lepidote
- Inflorescence
- simple, densely distichous-flowered or sometimes the lower flowers polystichous (Mez), linear, acute, 1-2 dm long, terete or subterete at anthesis, 8-15 mm wide, glabrous