plant propagated by short stemmed basal offsets. leaves about 20 in a spreading rosette, 40–80 cm long, sparsely and inconspicuously adpressed lepidote on both sides, the inner bright rose when flowering; sheath elliptic, 12 cm long, 6.9 cm wide, concolorous with the blades; blade ligulate, rounded and apiculate, 3–6 cm wide, laxly serrate with antrorse 0.5 - 1 mm long spines. inflorescence: peduncle short; peduncle bracts densely imbricate, green; fertile part many.flowered, 5.9 cm broad; floral bracts lanceolate, 4.5–5.5 cm long, sparsely lepidote, much exceeded by the sepals, green. flowers: pedicel slender, 2–2.5 cm long; sepals asymmetrical, sublanceolate, acuminate, 3–3.8 cm long, connate for 2 mm, green; petals acute, ca 4.5 cm long, lavender.blue apically. pistil: ovary ellipsoid, 1–1.2 cm long.Edited from : Luther 1982a. (protologue) Miscellaneous new taxa of Bromeliaceae (II) .