; 0 herbs rupicolous of small size, stoloniferous, stolons covered by toothed cataphylls; 1 short stem, ca 2 x 1,5 cm. leaves numerous, densely imbricate, 9,5–24 cm; sheath whitish, triangular, ca 1 x 1,5 cm, glabrous, margins spinescent, spines 0,5 mm long; blade coriaceous, green, lucid, the most internal ones red, linear-triangular, 8–23 x 0,4–0,7 cm, sparsely lepidote on both faces, margins spinescent, spines retrorse at the base, antrorse at the apex, 1–1,5 mm long, apex long attenuate. inflorescence sessile, multiflowered, simple; floral bracts subcoriaceous, green, symmetrical, carinate, triangular, ca 2 x 1 cm, lepidote, margins spinescent, apex mucronulate. flowers: sepals green, symmetrical, carinate, narrow triangular, 2–3 x 0,5 cm, with capitate trichomes, margins entire, acuminate-attenuate apex; petals white, linear - spatulate, ca 2,5–3 x 0,4 cm, margins entire, apex subacute, petal appendages sacciform, lacerated, to ca 3 mm from the base of petals; epigynous tube ca 1,5 mm long. stamens of the first whorl adnate to the petals in the basal portion, free portion of the filaments ca 9 mm long, second whorl with free filaments, opposite to the sepals, filaments ca 2 cm long, anther ca 2,3–3 mm long, obtuse apex. pistil: ovary trigonous, style ca 2 cm long, stigma erect simple. fruits and seed not seen.Edited from : Louzada & Wanderley 2008. Uma nova espécie de Orthophytum Beer (Bromeliaceae) relacionada a Orthophytum navioides (L.B. Sm.) L.B. Sm. .