leaves lanceolate-acuminate from an oblong base, above a foot long, an inch broad at the top of the base. inflorescence: peduncle a foot long; bract-leaves adpressed, lanceolate; panicle very lax, cernuous, above a foot long; main rachis very flexuose; branches deflexed or spreading, many, compound; spikes lax, 1–1.5 in long. flowers erecto-patent; floral bracts ovate, 1/8 in long; sepals oblong, obtuse, 1/6 in long; petal-blade minute;.Edited from : Baker 1887b. (protologue) Synopsis of Tillandsieae .