leaves not seen. inflorescence a panicle with a slender terete woody rachis and branches and long slender laxly spicate branchlets; floral bracts ovate, 1/8 in, long. flowers: sepals oblong, obtuse, glabrous, 1/3 in; long; petals oblanceolate-unguiculate, an inch long. stamens nearly as long as the petals; anther linear, 1/6 in; long. pistil: style protruded beyond the tip of the petals, nearly an inch long.Edited from : Baker 1889. (protologue) Handbook of the Bromeliaceae .