leaves lorate, moderately thin, 2 in; broad, rounded to a cusp at the apex; marginal prickles small, deflexed. inflorescence a panicle with shortly peduncled globose heads 2 1/2 –3 in; diam; branch-bracts large, ovate-lanceolate; floral bracts ovate-acuminate, an inch long. flowers: sepals lanceolate-acuminate, 1/3 in; long; petals not seen.Edited from : Baker 1889. Handbook of the Bromeliaceae .