; 0 whole plant 8–10 ft; 1 high. leaves about 20, densely rosulate, lorate, 3 ft; long, 2½–3 in; broad at the middle, flexible, subglabrous, green on both sides, narrowed to the point. inflorescence: peduncle stout, erect, twice as long as the leaves; bract-leaves with lanceolate or ovate spreading tips panicle rhomboid, 3 ft; long; branches laxly-flowered, erecto-patent, ascending, the lower 1½–2 ft; long, sterile in the lower third; branch-bracts small, ovate; floral bracts ovate, 1¼–1½ in; long. flowers: calyx green, ½ in; longer than the bract; petals ¬blade lanceolate, whitish, as long as the calyx. stamens as long as the petals.Edited from : Baker 1889. (protologue) Handbook of the Bromeliaceae .