leaves densely rosulate, lanceolate from an ovate base, ½ –1 ft; long, an inch broad at the middle, thin, obscurely lepidote. inflorescence: peduncle ½ ft; long; bract-leaves large, lanceolate; fertile part a lax spike ½ ft; long; bracts ovate, bright red, 2–4 in; long. flowers usually 2 sessile in the axil of each bract; sepals oblong, obtuse, ¾ –1 in; long; corolla-tube cylindrical, as long as the calyx; segments small, oblong, bright yellow. fruits 1 ½ in; long.Edited from : Baker 1889. (protologue) Handbook of the Bromeliaceae .