leaves linear, 2 ½ –3 ft; long, sessile, entire, ½ in; broad at the middle, not furfuraceous beneath. inflorescence: peduncle 2 ft; long; bract-leaves with long free points; fertile part a dense raceme, ½ ft; long. flowers: pedicel floccose, ascending, the lower ¼ - 1/3 in; long; bracts lanceolate, the lower an inch long; sepals lanceolate, ½ in; long; petals bright red, ca 1.5 inch long. stamens shorter than the petals.Edited from : Baker 1889. (protologue) Handbook of the Bromeliaceae .