leaves thin, linear, entire, indistinctly petioled, 2–3 ft; long, ¾ –1 in; broad at the middle, not furfuraceous beneath. inflorescence: peduncle 1–1 ½ ft; long; bract-leaves small; fertile part a dense simple raceme 3–4 in; long. flowers: pedicel ascending, lower ¼ - 1/3 in; long; bracts small, lanceolate; sepals lanceolate, ½ in; long; petals bright red, 1.25–1.5 in; long, ¾ –1 in; longer than the sepals.Edited from : Baker 1889. (protologue) Handbook of the Bromeliaceae .