; 0 stems very long, 1/6 in; 1 diam. leaves spaced out, linear- convolute from an ovate clasping base, not more than 4–5 in; long, 1/12 in; broad low down, the upper growing gradually shorter, flowers about 4 in a dense erect spike; bracts red, oblong, above an inch long, wrapped round each flower; calyx-tube cylindrical, l-l ¼ in; long; segments ovate, 1/3 in; long. flowers: corolla not seen.Edited from : Baker 1889. (protologue) Handbook of the Bromeliaceae .