Neoregelia pauciflora
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Neoregelia pauciflora
Species.
Ian Hook 05/03.
Ian Hook 05/06.
Ian Hook 05/06, BSA Show entry.
Terry Davis, BSA Spring Show '09.



Neoregelia pauciflora L. B. Smith, Smithson. Misc. Collect. 126: 31, 155, fig. 65. 1955.
A N. zonata L. B. Smith, cui affinis, foliorum vaginis intus atro-purpureis, laminis brevibus supra regulariter transverseque albido lineatis, bracteis florigeris brevissimis differt.
Desc from S&D
Stolons elongate, slender, horizontal.
Leaves about 12, 15cm long, minutely and sparsely lepidote on both sides;
Sheaths elliptic, as long as or longer than the blades, dark purple above;
Blades broadly ligulate, rounded and apiculate, 35mm wide, laxly serrulate with dark teeth 1mm long, marked above with fine regular white cross-lines.
Scape very short.
Inflorescence fusiform, few-flowered, less than 2cm in diameter.
Floral bracts shorter than the pedicels, ovate, acute, membranaceolls;
Pedicels slender, 25mm long.
Sepals slightly asymmetric, narrowly lanceolate, acuminate, 20mm long, connate for 1mm;
Petals 35 mm long, white;
Ovary slenderly ellipsoid, 7mm long.
Type. Foster 265 (holotype GH), Santa Teresa, 765m alt, Espirito Santo, Brazil, 26 Jul 1939.
Distribution. Known from the type collection only.


Updated 10/03/24