plant rupicolous, acaulis, flowering from 8–13 cm high, 13–19 cm in diameter at its widest; rosettes solitary to caespitose, spherical in shape. leaves more than 35, recurved, shorter than the inflorescence; sheath green in the upper part, yellowish-white toward the base, broadly oblong to square, 1.8–2 cm long, 1.5–1.7 cm wide, the top third lepidote on adaxial surface, the top half of the abaxial surface lepidote; blade greyish, narrow triangular, 5–10 cm long, 4.5–6 mm wide, long attenuate apex. inflorescence pedunculate, erect, compound, with 3–6 spikes; peduncle conspicuous, l–2.5 cm long, 3.5–4 mm diameter, covered by the bracts; peduncle bracts shorter than the inflorescence; spikes orange-green, erect and adpressed to the rachis, flattened , narrow elliptical, 3–4 cm tall, 1–1.5 cm wide; 3–5 flowers per spike; floral bracts tinged orange towards the apex, orange-yellow towards the base, broadly ovate, 1.5–2 cm long, 1–1.2 cm wide when extended and flattened, apex acute short acuminate, carinate up to half of its length, lepidote abaxial surface. flowers: sepals green at apex, to white towards the base, ovate, 1–1.5 cm long, 4–6 mm wide when extended and flattened, acute apex, at least the 2 rear carinate, lepidote on the abaxial surface; petals 1.7–2.2 cm long, 3.5–4.5 mm wide, apex rounded to obtuse. stamens: filament l–1.5 cm long; anther pale green, 2.5–3 mm long. pistil: ovary broadly ellipsoid to oblong, 4–5 mm long, 2.5–3.5 mm in diameter; style 0.7-l.4 cm long. fruits not seen;.Translated by Derek Butcher & Eric Gouda from: Hernandez et al 2018. (protologue) Taxonomic revision of the genus Viridantha (Tillandsia subgenus Viridantha sensu stricto) .