Aechmea iguana Wittm.

Aechmea iguana Wittm. Bot. Jahrb. 14: Beibl. 32; 3. 1891
Leaves unknown; scape-bracts remotely serrate; inflorescence large, amply paniculate; axis stout ; primary bracts lance-oblong, 15-18 cm. long, 40-45 mm. wide, the lower half spinoseserrate; branches 10-12 cm. long, much divided; spikes short, polystichously 4-8-flowered; floral bracts triangular-ovate, ending in a horny mucro, 10-12 mm. long including the mucro; flowers sessile; sepals lanceolate, 15 mm. long, including the stout, spreading, 5 mm. long mucro; petals 15 mm. long, 2 mm. wide, bearing 2 subdenticulate scales well above the base; stamens 12 mm. long; pistil equaling the stamens; ovary ovoid or subglobose, 15 mm. long, 8-10 mm. in diameter; seeds numerous, rectangular-ovoid, about 2 mm. long.
Type locality: Costa Cuca, between Cavallo Blanco and Ocos, Guatemala. Distribution: Known only from the type collection.