Pitcairnia brittoniana (Mez) Mez

Pitcairnia brittoniana Mez, in DC. Monog. Phaii. 9: 451. 1896
Hepetis Brittoniana Mez, in DC. Monog. Phan. 9: 973. 1896. Pitcairnia flavifiora Standley, Jour. Wash. Acad. 17: 247. 1927.
Terrestrial or epiphytic, caulescent, 1-1.5 m. high; leaves over 1 m. long; sheaths ovatetriangular, small and inconspicuous, densely tomentose-lepidote, sparsely serrate toward the apex; petioles 15-40 cm. long, coarsely spinose-serrate; blades broadly oblanceolate, acute, 95 mm. wide, entire, soon glabrous; inflorescence 3-6 dm. long, dense, secund-flowered ; axis sparsely and finely browntomentose-lepidote; floral bracts ovate, acute, much shorter than the sepals, thin and soon disintegrating; flowers secund-spreading; pedicels up to 8 mm. long, 1.5-2 mm. in diameter; sepals lanceolate, acuminate with an involute uncinate apex, more or less asymmetric, 30-35 mm. long, ecarinate, thick, coriaceous, dark-red, sparsely tomentose-lepidote toward the apex; petals ligulate, broadly obtuse, 4 cm. long, orange, bearing 2 narrow obliquely attached scales near the base; stamens and pistil included; ovary slightly more than half superior; ovules long-caudate.
Type locality: Bolivia.
Distribution: Costa Rica; also in Bolivia.

Pitcairnia brittoniana is a plant species in the genus Pitcairnia. This species is native to Bolivia, Costa Rica, Venezuela and Ecuador.