plant growing in dense cushions; rosettes 7–14–20 x 5–12 –15 cm. leaves: sheath 0.5–1.3 x 1.5–2 cm; blade 4–8 x 1–1.8 cm, recurved to straight, adaxially concave to plane, spinose- serrate, lepidote, greenish-greyish. inflorescence: peduncle absent; fertile part simple, annual, 1–3-floweed; floral bracts 9–13 x 3–4 mm, much shorter than the sepals, ovate, acute, mucronate, sparsely lepidote, greenish to brownish; flowets 26–32 –35 mm long, sessile. flowers: sepals 10–14 x 3–4 mm, ovate to lanceolate, obtuse, mucronulate, sparsely lepidote, greenish; petals 25–32 –35 x 4–5 mm, erect during anthesis, after anthesis slighdy spirally twisted, yellow-greenish, with green apex; petals* appendages 4–5 mm long, with short fringes. stamens: filament 20–25 mm long; anther 4–5 mm long, erect, concealed, greenish. pistil: ovary 5–6 mm long; style 20–30 mm long, stigma exposed. fruits 10–12 –15 mm diam; seeds 3–4 mm long.Edited from : Schutz 2011. Systematics and evolution of the genus Deuterocohnia Mez (Bromeliaceae) .