leaves narrow, 1.7 m tong, erect and dense, rough below, glabrous above with reddish brown, wîde and claspîng bases, 45 cm long, bordered by black straight or curved spînes, then contracting into a petïolar blade with enrolled margins for about 3 cm and finally widening to a lanceolate-acute blade, 4 cm wide at the middle.Edited from : Andre 1889. (protologue) Bromeliaceae Andreanae. Description et Histoire des Bromeliacées, récoltées dans la Colombie, l\'Ecuador et la Venezuela .