; 0 basal leaves not seen. inflorescence an ample panicle; lower branches with about 10 moderately dense spicate branchlets 2–2½ in, long, 1/3 in; broad; branoh-bracts small, ovate; floral bracts ovate, acute, ¼ –1/3 in; loug. flowers: calyx nearly as long as the bract; sepals oblong, subacute.Edited from : Handb. Bromel. 187. (1889)