leaves rigid, ensiform, a foot long, 1¼ in; broad above the dilated base, narrowed gradually to the tip, green and glabrous above, thinly lepidote beneath. inflorescence: peduncle 2–3 ft; long; bract- leaves long and rigid; panicle 1½ ft; long; branches laxly spicate, the lower 3–5-furcate; floral bracts very small, ovate. flowers: sepals oblong, obtuse, 1/8 in; long; petals lingulate yellow, 1/4 in; long. pistil: style as long as the ovary.Edited from : Baker 1889. (protologue) Handbook of the Bromeliaceae .