leaves lorate, rigid, naked, 1 ½ in; broad, deltoid at the apex; marginal teeth minute. inflorescence a lax panicle 1 ½ ft; long; branches lax-flowered, the end one a foot long, the side-one shorter, arcuate; floral bracts ovate, acute, erecto-patent, an inch long. flowers: calyx with ovary an inch long; sepals lanceolate, ¾ in; long, free to the base, little twisted, distinctly cuspidate; petals not seen.Edited from : Baker 1889. (protologue) Handbook of the Bromeliaceae .