leaves unknown. inflorescence a dense oblong-cylindrical strobiliform spike a foot long, 4 in; diam; ; floral bracts oblong, obtuse, 2–3 in; long; mature ovary clavate-trigonous, 1–1 1/4 in; long. flowers: sepals linear-oblong, obtuse, 3/4-l in; long, free down to the ovary; petals not seen.Edited from : Baker 1889. (protologue) Handbook of the Bromeliaceae .