Bromelia hemisphaerica Lam.

Bromelia wercklei Mez, Repert. Sp. Nov. 16: 2. 1919
Leaves not at all constricted between the blade and the sheath; blades linear, acuminate,
coarsely serrate; inflorescence many-flowered, densely capitiform, flat-topped, sunk in the center
of the leaf-rosette, densely lepidote with fine elongate buff scales; primary bracts large, with
very broadly ovate base and long foliaceous blade; floral bracts narrowly oblanceolate, 45 mm.
long, attaining or slightly surpassing the middle of the sepals, the upper half coarsely laciniate-
serrate; flowers up to 6 cm. long; pedicels short and indistinct; sepals oblong, entire, acute, 2+
mm. long; petals ligulate, acute, 3 cm. long, connate for 12 mm., fleshy, glabrous or slightly
puberulous at the apex; ovary 25 mm. long, obtusely trigonous.
Typb locality: Vicinity of San Jos6, Costa Rica. Distribution: Mexico, Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica.

Bromelia hemisphaerica is a plant species in the genus Bromelia. This species is native to Mexico and Costa Rica.