leaves 25–35 cm long, blades 2.0–3.0 cm wide. inflorescence: peduncle diameter to 1.0 cm inflorescence ca 7.0 cm in diameter; spikes to 9.0 cm long, 2.5 cm wide at anthesis; floral bracts 3.8–4.0 cm long, ca 2.3 cm wide. flowers: sepals subcoriaceous; petals ca 4.5 cm long, distance between flowers to 9 mm.Edited from : Smith & Downs 1977. (protologue) Tillandsioideae (Bromeliaceae). in Flora Neotropica.