; 0 basal leaves not seen; 1 panicle deltoid, a foot or more long; 2 lower branches with 3–4 branchlets; 3 final spike dense, 3–4 in; 4 long, 5/8 in; 5 diam; floral bracts ovate, acute, 3/4–7/8 in; long. flowers: calyx as long as the bract.Edited from : Baker 1889. (protologue) Handbook of the Bromeliaceae .