Cryptanthus lubbersianus Morren ex Baker

; 0 ; from baker in handb bromel 16; 1889 9; c; lubbersianus e; morren (m.d.). leaves a dozen or more in a short rosette, oblanceolate-oblong, reaching above a foot in length, 1 ½ - 2 in; broad at the middle, narrowed gradually to a base ½ in broad, moderately firm in texture, green or tinged with brown on the face, with copious darker green blotches and two indistinct pale vertical bands, thinly white-lepidote on the back, acute, the marginal prickles close and small. flowers in a small central rosette; petals pure white, the oblanceolate blade projecting ½ in; from the calyx. stamens reaching nearly to the tip of the petals.