leaves not seen. inflorescence a panicle with shortly peduncled oblong-cylindrical dense subspicate branches 3–4 in; long; rachises, calyx and bracts densely brown-pubescent. flowers: pedicel very short and stout; floral bracts ovate, ½ in; long; sepals lanceolate, ¾ in; long; petals ca 1.5 in long, twice as long as the sepals.Edited from : Baker 1889. (protologue) Handbook of the Bromeliaceae .