Diagnose: —foliis 26 cm longis; lamina lata, elongate lanceolata, acuta vel vrevissime acuminata: scapi bracteis internodiis aequantibus vel paulo superantibus, supremis apieulatis, infimis breve caudatis: bracteis primariis late lanceolatis, apieulatis, ramulis axillarims multo brevioribus.Edited from : Smith & Downs 1977. Tillandsioideae (Bromeliaceae). in Flora Neotropica.