Guzmania patula Mez & Wercklé

Guzmania patula Mez & Werckl^; Mez, Repert Sp. Nov. 14: 255. 1916.
Stemless, the flowering plant 5-6 dm. high, very slender; leaves many in a dense rosette, up to 25 cm. long; sheaths especially marked with longitudinal red stripes; blades 20-35 mm. wide, acute, spirally recurved at the apex, subglabrous, subcoriaceous ; scape erect, much exceeding the leaves, glabrous; scape-bracts lax, much shorter than the intemodes, erect, very broadly ovate, acute, glabrous, stramineous when dry; inflorescence depauperate-compound, composed of a 20-flowered terminal spike, 6 cm. long and 2 cm. in diameter and a remote much smaller lateral spike on a long stipe; primary bract like the scape-bracts; spikes dense, subcylindric; floral bracts suberect, barely imbricate, 15 mm. long, shorter than the sepals, ecarinate, coriaceous with a narrow membranous margin; flowers suberect, glabrous; pedicels very short; sepals slightly asymmetric, obtuse, 14 mm. long, connate for 1.5 mm., even and glabrous outside; petals white, 20 mm. long, the free lobes elliptic, obtuse, spreading at anthesis; stamens and pistil slightly shorter than the petals.
Type locality: Paso Rio Naranja, near Navarro, Costa Rica. Distribution: Costa Rica; also in Colombia.

Guzmania patula is a plant species in the genus Guzmania. This species is native to Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and the State of Amazonas in Brazil.

Guzmania patula là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Bromeliaceae. Loài này được Mez & Wercklé mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1916.