leaves unknown; lower branch of panicle with several simple moderately dense erecto-patent branchlets 2–5 in; long. inflorescence: rachis stiff, slender, glabrous; floral bracts ovate, acute, the lower 1/6 in; long. flowers: calyx ¼ - 1/3 in; long; sepals very rigid, oblong, obtuse, glabrous, much imbricated; petals more than twice as long as the calyx; blade lanceolate, acute, 1/12 – 1/8 in; broad. stamens as long as the petals; filament filiform. pistil: style a little overtopping the petals.Edited from : Baker 1889. Handbook of the Bromeliaceae .