plant rupicolous, stoloniferous, stems short, 3–4.2 × 3 cm. leaves patent; sheath greenish–white, broadly triangular or broadly ovate, 0.5–3 × 0.8–4 cm, glabrous, margins serrate, prickles 0.1–0.8 mm long; blade stiff coriaceous, slightly concave, red, base greenish white, linear-triangular, 6.5–33 × 0.7–1.8 cm, attenuate, abaxial surfaces sparsely lepidote, adaxial ones glabrous or lepidote, margins strongly serrate, prickles straight or antrorse, (1.7–)2–3.5 mm long, apices mucronate. inflorescence sessile, simple, manyflowered; vestigial floral bract absent; floral bracts coriaceous, green, symmetrical or asymmetrical, carinate, triangular, 2–2.5 × 0.9–2.3 cm, glabrous, margins serrate, apices acuminate. flowers: sepals green, asymmetrical, carinate, narrowly ovate, 1.2 × 0.3 cm, glabrous, margins entire, apices mucronulate; petals white, linearspatulate, 1.7 × 0.4 cm, glabrous, obtuse; petals* appendages sacciform, lacerate, 4 mm from base; callosities conspicous. stamens with antepetalous filaments ca 2.5 mm long and adnate to the petals, , the antesepalous ones free 10 mm long; anther yellow, 3 mm long, apices apiculate; ovaries trigonous, styles 10 mm long; epigenous tubes present, 2.5 mm long; ovules numerous. fruits and seeds not seen.Edited from : Louzada & Wanderley 2010. Revision of Orthophytum (Bromeliaceae): the species with sessile inflorescences .