; floral bracts acute-lanceolate, 53 mm long, nerved flowers up to 90 mm long, with a 15 mm pedicel. flowers: pedicel and rachis dense brown lepidote; sepals oblong-acute, 36–45 mm long, 6 mm wide, dense brown tomentose; petals oblong-lanceolate, obtuse acute, to 75 mm long stamens included, 52 mm long, anthers obtuse-linear, 12 mm long, basifixed. pistil: ovary long conical, 12 mm high; style 42 mm long, stigmata suberect, 6 mm long.Edited from : Weber 1984b. (protologue) Die Bromeliaceae im Herbarium D.F.L. von Schlechtendals .