leaves lorate, rigid, 2–3 ft; long, 2–3 in; broad, channelled down the face, deltoid at the apex, the teeth close, middle-sized, ascending, deltoid- cuspidate. inflorescence a panicle a foot long, consisting of 8–9 densely-flowered shortly peduncled spikes 3–4 in; long, subtended by large lanceolate branch -bracts. pistil: ovary with calyx sessile round-ovoid, 1/3 in; long.Edited from : Baker 1889. (protologue) Handbook of the Bromeliaceae .