plant epiphytic, stemless, leaves few 8–9, forming a sub-bulbose rosette blades leathery, long triangular, long caudate tip, 40 cm long 5 cm wide at the base, fine very dense lepidote, extending. inflorescence much exceeding the leaves, 70 cm long including the peduncle, simple, solely at the base it has 4–5 spikes with 1–2 flowers, the rachis flexuous towards the top, geniculate in the nodes and each node, or between 2 nodes, one sessile flower with a clasping bract; peduncle bracts clasping, long caudate, spreading from the nodes; floral bracts also clasping the stem, leathery, glabrous, mucronate, 20 mm long, 17 mm wide. flowers sessile and erect; sepals oblong, subequal, free, leathery, imbricate, 20 mm long, 8 mm wide; petals narrow, purple, spreading at anthesis. stamens: anther exserted this tillandsia is characterized by its very simple inflorescence as there are no equal in our flora; only one collection for the type; we hope to collect more material in the region to observe their fruit.Edited from : Cact. Suc. Mex.. (protologue) .