Translated by Butcher
Similar to V. simplex and V. retroflexa but differs in the size and form of the floral bracts.
Epiphyta foliis infimis prolifera. Folia ligulata. dense rosulata circa 35 mm longa, supra vaginam constricta; vagina ovoidea, utrinque squamulis punctiformis obtecta viridis; lamina sublinearia 3-4 cm lata utrinque viridia et minutissirne punctata, apice rotundato vel acuto acumine tenui imposito. Scapus pendulus 5 mm crassus; scapi bracteae ovatae, glabrae, internodia superantes et tota longitudine adpresse invaginantes marginibus imbricatis, apice in mucronem, parvulum producto, tecti. Inflorescentia distiche et laxe pinnata, glabra, rubra, ad 70 cm longa, circa 18 floribus. Bracteae florales glabrae totaliter rubrae, sub anthesi patentes 4-6 cm longae tota longitudine conspicue carinatae, apice leviter incurvo, sepala valde superantes. Flores subsessiles, patentes, 55 mm longi; sepala 3.5 cm longa, ovato-oblonga, acuta, rigidiuscula, flavescentia. Petala flavida 45 mm longa, 7 mm lata, linearia, apice obtuso, viridi et leviter emarginata, basi ligulis binis spathularibus instructa. Stamina petala conspicue superantia, filamentis teretiusculis; antheris linearibus, basi breve sagittata, apice obtuso. Stylus 45 mm longus. Stigma umbraculiforme, antheras valde superante. Ovarium pyramidatum. Placentae luculi angulis internis affixae, usque fere ad apicem fertiles. Ovula. apice apiculato.
HABITAT: Estado do Rio de Janeiro, pr. Santo Aleixo. Leg. Agostina Fereira et E. Pereira no. 10.746 15. Mar. 1970, HOLOTYPUS HB, Isotypus RB; Loc. cit. E. Fereira no. 10.732 8.Sept. 1968, fructif. Paratypi RB, HB.
Speciem hanc Agostinae Pereira, delectae sponsae meae et auxiliatrici, quae eam inveni, dedico.
Desc from S&D
Plant stemless, flowering 70 cm long.
Leaves densely rosulate, 35 cm long;
Sheaths broadly ovate or elliptic, green, punctulate-lepidote throughout;
Blades ligulate, rounded and apiculate, 3-4 cm wide, green, minutely punctate.
Scape pendulous, 5 mm thick;
Scape-bracts barely exceeding the internodes, ovate, apiculate, closely rolled about the scape, glabrous.
Inflorescence simple, very laxly distichous-flowered, about 18-flowered, glabrous, red; Axis slender, flexuous.
Floral bracts divergent to subspreading, 40-60 mm long, about twice as long as the internodes, much exceeding the sepals, carinate throughout, slightly incurved toward apex, red, glabrous;
Pedicels 10 mm long.
Sepals ovate-oblong, acute, 35 mm long, subrigid, flavous;
Petals linear, obtuse and slightly emarginate, 45 mm long, 7 mm wide, flavous with green apex;
Stamens and pistil exserted.
Type. A. & E. Pereira 10746 (holotype HB, isotype RB), epiphytic, near Santo Aleixo, Rio de Janeiro state, Brasil, 15 Mar 1970.
DISTRIBUTION. Known from the type locality only. E. Pereira 10732 (HB, RB), 8 Sep 1968 (fruit).