leaves not seen. inflorescence a lax decompound panicle 1 ½ ft; long, ½ ft; broad; branches slender, arcuate, the lower copiously compound; final branchlets laxly subspicate, reaching 2–3 in; long, like the bracts thinly white-floccose; floral bracts ovate, acute, scariose, 1/8 – 1/6 in; long. flowers: sepals oblong, obtuse, 1/8 in; long; petals obtuse, twice as long as the sepals. fruits oblong; valves 1/6 in; long, tipped with a short style.Edited from : Baker 1889. (protologue) Handbook of the Bromeliaceae .