leaves densely rosulate, ensiform from an ovate base 1½ in; broad, 1½ ft; long, an inch broad low down, tapering gradually to a long point, moderately firm in texture, thinly lepidote. inflorescence: peduncle 2 ft; long; bract-leaves with long reflexing linear tips; panicle very lax, 2–3 ft; long; branches arcuate, all simple, ½–1 ft; long; branch-bracts small; rachis very zigzag. flowers ascending; floral bracts oblong, greenish-brown, an inch long; calyx ½ in; longer than the bract; sepals naked, oblong; petal-blade white, lingulate, shorter than the stamens.Edited from : Baker 1889. (protologue) Handbook of the Bromeliaceae .