leaves not seen; racemes reaching a foot in length; axes stout, floccose; floral bracts ovate-acuminate, 1–1 ½ in long. flowers: pedicel reaching 1 in; long; sepals oblong-lanceolate, an inch long; petals blue, twisting up spirally, 2 in long, twice as long as the sepals. fruits broad ovoid- trigonous, ¾ in; long and broad, dehiscing septicidally and then down the keel of the valves; seeds with a broad horny border.Edited from : Baker 1889. (protologue) Handbook of the Bromeliaceae .