leaves about 30, lorate from an ovate base 3 in; broad, 2 ft; long, 2 in; broad at the middle, flexible, subglabrous, pale green with transverse blotches of darker green. inflorescence: peduncle 2–3 ft; long; bract ¬leaves lanceolate, adpressed, imbricated; panicle of about 3 ascending few-flowered spikes 3–4 in; long; floral bracts green, oblong -lanceolate, very acute, 1˝–2 in; long. flowers: calyx about as long as the bract; sepals oblong; petal-blade oblanceolate, whitish, l˝ in; long. stamens a little longer than the petals.Edited from : Baker 1889. (protologue) Handbook of the Bromeliaceae .