leaves few in a rosette, thin, lorate, subglabrous, above a foot long, 1¼ in; broad at the middle. inflorescence: peduncle above a foot long; bract-leaves small, adpressed; panicle a foot long; spikes 20–30, 1½ –2 in; long, ¼ in; broad; lower branch-bracts an inch long; flower-bracts_oblong, 1/6 in; long. flowers: calyx as long as the bract; sepals obtuse; petal-blade small.Edited from : Handb. Bromel. 195. (1889)