; 0 this variety is characterized by the obtriangular small rosette, whip-like, lepidote, green leaves, the inner ones tinged with dark purple where the plant is in anthesis, that form dense masses with about 100 rosettes or less; 1 the long, very narrow, whip-like form hanging from the rosettes is very characteristic of this variety.Edited from : Ramirez 1991. Systematic Revision of Neoregelia subgenus Hylaeaicum (Bromeliaceae) .