plant flowering l–2 m tall. leaves: blade 30–45 x 5.5–10.5 cm, very narrowly triangular (-ovate), triangular-(sub-)acute. inflorescence lax, amply bi- or very rarely tri-pinnate at the base.Edited from : Gouda 1987. Bromeliaceae (subfamily Tillandsioideae) in Görts-van Rijn, A.R.A. (ed.) Flora of the Guiana\'s Series A: Phanerogams.