leaves rigid, ensiform, 2 ft; long, an inch broad at the base of the blade, with only a few large brown spines towards the base. inflorescence a lax ample panicle with finely pubescent rachises; lower branches 6–9 in; long. flowers: pedicel short, erecto-patent; floral bracts ovate, acute, ½- ¾ in; long; sepals lanceolate, 1 ¼ in; long; petals blue, twisted, shortly protruded.Edited from : Baker 1889. (protologue) Handbook of the Bromeliaceae .