Tillandsia landbeckii ssp. andina W.Till Die Bromelie 3/1991 (1991)
Plant- flowering to 13
(-20) cm high, making a 6 to 8 (-12) cm long stem, with the leaf sheath 3 to 4
mm diameter. Internodes 4 to 5 mm long.
Leaf- distichous,
awl-like, relatively soft.
Leaf sheath- firmly covering
the stem, about 1 cm long, densely scaled, not any nerve ridges recognisable.
Leaf blade- erect
spreading, roundish in cross section, top side with distinct groove, above the
middle towards the top geniculate and flat, thin acuminate, 5 to 10 cm long,
sub-spreading, grey scaled, the basal portion 1.5 to 2 mm diameter.
Inflorescence- 1 flowered,
usually with 2 outer densely scaled, hardly nerved, and at the most short
tailed scape-bract directly under the inflorescence.
Flower- chasmogam
(opening for cross pollination) Scented
Flower bract- as long or
shorter than the sepals, weakly nerved, tipped egg shaped and often with a very
short blade, densely scaled, sometimes with raphides (crystal bundles) in
specialized areas, (13-) 15 to (16) nerved, (7-) 9.5 to 12
(-13) mm long, (5.2) 6.2 to 6.6 (-6.9) mm wide.
Sepal- upside down egg
shaped, with broad tipped tip, (7-) 9 to 11 (13) nerved, naked, very rarely
whole tiny scales in the middle, abundant with raphides, uniformly free or the
posterior ones joined minimally; (8-) 9 to 10.6 mm long, (4.2-) 4.8 to 5.5 mm
wide, abundantly reddish brown in the middle.
Petal- tongue shaped,
narrowing to the tip or with a weak, long oval platte, the tip uniformly round
or rounded, 7 to 9 nerves with raphides, (9.9-) 11.9 to 14.1 (-15) mm long, 2.5
to 3.2 mm wide, dirty brown.
Anther- orange, (1-) 1.4 to 1.8 mm
long, 0.25 to 0.35 mm diameter.
Filament- joined at base, rarely wholly
joined in center; (4.2-) 4.5 to 5.6 (-6) mm long, 0.2 mm wide, pale,
one-nerved.
Style- 0.25 to 0.33 times as wide
as the ovary, 0.5 to 0.66 (-1.25) times as long as the ovary.
Stigma- simple, erect, papillose, the
entire gynoecium 4.8 to 6 mm long.
Ovary- egg shaped cylindric,
stocky, smallest at top, quickly tapering to the slender style.
Capsule- short beaked, mostly stocky,
12 (-20) mm long, 3 to 4 mm diameter.
Type- Peru, Dept.
Ayacucho, Prov. Lucanas in river valley Rio San José 8 km to the west of
Lucanas at 3000 m on vertical cliffs.10.8.1982 leg W Till & E Vitek
820810/59.1 (=WT169) Holotype WU
1.
Leaves more robust.
2. Petals yellow brown to
brown.
3. Flowers scented and
chasmogamous.
4. Capsules thicker.
5. Distribution different