leaves linear, entire, complicate, 4–8 in; long, 1/6 in; broad low down, green beneath. inflorescence: peduncle slender, under a foot long; fertile part a simple very lax few-flowered raceme. flowers: pedicel erecto-patent ¾ -l ½ in; long; floral bracts lanceolate, ¼ –1/3 in; long; sepals linear, 3/4 in; long; petals bright red, 2 in; long.Edited from : Baker 1889. (protologue) Handbook of the Bromeliaceae .