Racinaea ghiesbreghtii (Baker) M. A. Spencer & L. B. Sm.

Tillandsia ghiesbreghtii Baker, Handb. Bromel. 206. 1889
Stemless, 1 m. or more high; leaves densely rosulate, 3-5 dm. long, covered with very minute appressed dark-centered scales but appearing glabrous to the naked eye, chartaceous in the dried specimens; sheaths ovate, 5-6 cm. broad, densely punctulate-Iepidote, brown; blades 3-4 cm. wide, ligulate, acute; scape erect, glabrous; scape-bracts ovate-elliptic, acute, appressed, exceeding the internodes; inflorescence 3 to over 5 dm. long, 2 dm. wide, lax, distichous, bipinnate except for the lowest branches which are sometimes divided; primary bracts like the scapebracts, up to 35 mm. long; spikes arcuate-spreading, laxly 18-flowered, 15 cm. long or less, 1.5-2 cm. wide, usually bearing 1-4 sterile bracts at base; rhachis glabrous, sharply 4-angled, excavated next the flowers; floral bracts subspreading, not at all imbricate nor concealing the rhachis at maturity, 1 2 mm. long, much exceeding the sepals and the internodes, ovate-elliptic, obtuse, ecarinate, even or very faintly nerved, glabrous, coriaceous; flowers subsessile; sepals 7-8 mm. long, elliptic, asymmetric, coriaceous, glabrous, very faintly nerved if at all; petals 2 mm. longer than the sepals, white or yellowish, abruptly spreading toward the apex, much exceeding the stamens; anthers deltoid-cordate, bifid at apex, 1 mm. long; style short.
Type locality: "Oaxaca". Distribution: Vera Cruz.

Racinaea ghiesbreghtii is a plant species in the genus Racinaea. This species is native to Mexico.