leaves not seen. inflorescence a narrow panicle consisting of 15–20 oblong multifarious heads about an inch long, 3/4 in; diam., the upper sessile, the lower on short spreading peduncles; branch-bracts lanceolate, the lowest an inch long; floral bracts ovate, cuspidate, 1/6 in; long. pistil: ovary with calyx ¼ inch long. flowers: sepals ovate, as long as the ovary, conspicuously mucronate; petal-blade oblong, 1/6 in; long.Edited from : Baker 1889. (protologue) Handbook of the Bromeliaceae .