leaves ensiform-acuminate from an ovate base 2 in; broad, 2–3 ft; long, an inch broad low down, moderately firm in texture, nearly naked. inflorescence: peduncle stout, much shorter than the leaves; bract-leaves with long free points; panicle of 5–6 moderately dense arcuate flexuose branches a foot long; floral bracts ovate, acute, rigid, an inch long. flowers: calyx as long as the bract; petal-blade short, oblong.Edited from : Baker 1889. Handbook of the Bromeliaceae .