leaves densely rosulate, stiffly erect, lorate, 7–8 in; long, 1 ½ in; broad at the middle, green, glabrous, rounded at the tip to a large cusp. inflorescence: peduncle slender, erect, nearly twice as long as the leaves; bract-leaves small, adpressed; spikes 1–3, 3–6 in; long, laxly-flowered. flowers erecto-patent or subpatent; floral bracts sub-orbicular, ½ in; long; calyx 1–1 ¼ in; long; sepals obtuse; petal-blade oblong, pale yellow, 1/3 in; long. stamens much longer than the petals.Edited from : Baker 1889. (protologue) Handbook of the Bromeliaceae .